vicious

• abandoned
• abhorrent
• accentuated
• acrid
• acrimonious
• acute
• aggravated
• almighty
• argumentative
• assaultive
• atrocious
• backbiting
• bad
• baleful
• baneful
• banned
• barbaric
• barbarous
• bare-knuckle
• bare-knuckled
• bare-knuckles
• barred
• base
• beastly
• bellicose
• belligerent
• bestial
• bitchy
• bitter
• blamable
• blameworthy
• blistering
• blood-and-guts
• bloodthirsty
• bloody
• brawly
• brutal
• brute
• butcherly
• catty
• caustic
• censurable
• chippy
• combative
• concentrated
• condemned
• confrontational
• contaminated
• contemptible
• contemptuous
• contentious
• corrupt
• cruel
• cursed
• curst
• cussed
• cutthroat
• dangerous
• dark
• debased
• debauched
• deep
• deepened
• defamatory
• defiling
• degenerate
• degraded
• demoralized
• depraved
• deprecating
• derogatory
• despicable
• despiteful
• devious
• diabolical
• dirty
• disallowed
• discordant
• discouraged
• disdainful
• dishonest
• dishonorable
• disparaging
• disputatious
• disreputable
• dissolute
• draconian
• draconic
• dreadful
• emphasized
• enhanced
• envious
• errant
• erring
• evil
• evil-minded
• excruciating
• execrable
• exhaustive
• explosive
• exquisite
• fallen
• faulty
• fearful
• fearsome
• feisty
• fell
• ferocious
• fiendish
• fierce
• flagitious
• forbidden
• foul
• frightful
• furious
• ghastly
• gladiatorial
• grim
• hard
• hard-hearted
• hardhanded
• harsh
• hateful
• heartless
• heavy
• heavy-duty
• heavy-handed
• heightened
• heinous
• hellacious
• homicidal
• horrid
• hostile
• ignoble
• ill
• illegal
• immoral
• impious
• implacable
• improper
• impure
• in-your-face
• incorrect
• indecent
• indecorous
• infamous
• infernal
• inhuman
• inhumane
• inimical
• iniquitous
• insubordinate
• intense
• intensified
• intensive
• interdicted
• ironhearted
• jaundiced
• jealous
• keen
• lewd
• libertine
• libidinous
• licentious
• loose
• lousy
• low
• low-minded
• magnified
• malevolent
• malicious
• malign
• malignant
• mean
• mean-spirited
• menacing
• merciless
• militant
• miscreant
• miserable
• monstrous
• murdering
• murderous
• nasty
• naughty
• nefarious
• noxious
• objectionable
• obnoxious
• obscene
• offensive
• oppressive
• opprobrious
• ornery
• outlawed
• pernicious
• perverse
• perverted
• pestilential
• pitiless
• poisonous
• profligate
• profound
• prohibited
• proscribed
• pugnacious
• putrid
• quarrelsome
• rancorous
• rapacious
• ravenous
• red in tooth and claw
• relentless
• reprehensible
• reprobate
• resentful
• rigorous
• rotten
• rough
• ruthless
• sadistic
• sanguinary
• sanguine
• savage
• scathing
• scornful
• scoundrelly
• scrappy
• scrofulous
• scurvy
• severe
• sick
• sinful
• slanderous
• snakelike
• snide
• snotty
• sordid
• spiteful
• stonyhearted
• stressed
• take-no-prisoners
• terrible
• thorough
• threatening
• tough
• truculent
• ugly
• unauthorized
• unbecoming
• uncivilized
• unclean
• unethical
• unfeeling
• ungodly
• unhealthy
• unkind
• unkindly
• unlawful
• unloving
• unprincipled
• unrelenting
• unrighteous
• unsavory
• unscrupulous
• unseemly
• untamed
• unwholesome
• vehement
• venomous
• vile
• villainous
• vindictive
• violent
• virulent
• vitriolic
• voracious
• vulgar
• wanton
• warlike
• wicked
• wild
• worthless
• wretched
• wrong

• abated
• abetted
• affable
• affectionate
• agreeable
• alleviated
• allowed
• altruistic
• amiable
• amicable
• amorous
• approved
• authorized
• benevolent
• benign
• benignant
• blameless
• calm
• charitable
• chaste
• civilized
• clean
• clement
• commendable
• companionable
• compassionate
• complaisant
• compliant
• comradely
• congenial
• cordial
• correct
• creditable
• cultured
• decent
• decorous
• decreased
• diminished
• eased
• elevated
• encouraged
• endorsed
• esteemed
• ethical
• exemplary
• feeble
• forgiving
• friendly
• genial
• gentle
• glorious
• good
• good-hearted
• gracious
• guiltless
• hearty
• helpful
• high
• high-minded
• honest
• honorable
• human
• humane
• humanitarian
• immaculate
• incorruptible
• indorsed
• innocent
• inoffensive
• irreproachable
• just
• kind
• kindhearted
• kindly
• law-abiding
• legal
• legitimate
• lenient
• lessened
• licensed
• light
• lightened
• lily-white
• lofty
• loving
• magnanimous
• merciful
• mild
• moderate
• moderated
• moral
• nice
• noble
• obliging
• pacific
• peaceable
• peaceful
• perfect
• permissible
• permitted
• philanthropic
• philanthropical
• pitying
• pleasant
• principled
• promoted
• proper
• pure
• qualified
• reduced
• reputable
• respectable
• respected
• right
• righteous
• sanctioned
• scrupulous
• seemly
• shallow
• soft
• spotless
• squeaky-clean
• subdued
• sublime
• submissive
• superficial
• supported
• sweet
• sympathetic
• tame
• tender
• tenderhearted
• thoughtful
• unaggressive
• uncorrupted
• unerring
• unfallen
• unmalicious
• unobjectionable
• upright
• upstanding
• venerable
• virtuous
• warm
• warmhearted
• weak
• white
• wholesome
• worthy

• adjective
  1. Violent, destructive and cruel.
  2. Savage and aggressive.
  3. Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.

• The dog became vicious when it felt threatened.
• He was the victim of a vicious attack.
• The storm brought vicious winds that damaged many houses.
• She responded with a vicious insult during the argument.
• The criminals planned a vicious robbery in broad daylight.

uncharitably

venomous

ill-tempered

malign

jackleg

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