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viciously
Variant of vicious
adjective
- given to or characterized by vice; evil, corrupt, or depraved
- tending to deprave or corrupt; pernicious: vicious interests
- harmful, unwholesome, or noxious: a vicious concoction
- ruined by defects, flaws, or errors; full of faults: a vicious argument
- having bad or harmful habits; unruly: a vicious horse
- malicious; spiteful; mean: a vicious rumor
- very intense, forceful, sharp, etc.: a vicious blow
Related Forms:
- viciously adverb
- viciousness noun
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