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1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
   "vicious kicks"
   - barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage
    
2. Having the nature of vice
   - evil
    
3. Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
   "a vicious waste of talent"
   - condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible
    
4. Marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
   "vicious gossip"
   - poisonous, venomous

See also: inhumane, malicious, vice, viciousness, wicked, wrong

Encyclopedia: Vicious