Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - vicious
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Vicious
vicious
~ adj 1 violent and dangerous, and likely to hurt someone (a vicious attack | a vicious criminal | Keep away from that dog, he can be vicious.) 2 cruel and deliberately trying to hurt someone's feelings or make their character seem bad (Sarah can be quite vicious at times. | vicious attack/campaign/rumour etc) (Senator Logan launched a vicious attack on the president and his advisors.) 3 unpleasantly strong or severe (a vicious gust of wind | a vicious headache) - viciously adv (He twisted her arm viciously.) - viciousness n
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1. A vicious person or a vicious blow is violent and cruel. He was a cruel and vicious man... He suffered a vicious attack by a gang of white youths... The blow was so sudden and vicious that he dropped to his knees. = brutal ADJ • viciously She had been viciously attacked with a hammer. ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV adj • viciousness ...the intensity and viciousness of these attacks. N-UNCOUNT 2. A vicious remark is cruel and intended to upset someone. It is a deliberate, nasty and vicious attack on a young man’s character. = savage ADJ • viciously ‘He deserved to die,’ said Penelope viciously. ADV: ADV with v ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French vicios, from Latin vitiosus full of faults, corrupt, from vitium vice Date: 14th century 1. having the nature or quality of vice or immorality ; depraved 2. defective, faulty; also invalid 3. impure, noxious 4. a. dangerously aggressive ; savage a ~ dog b. marked by violence or ferocity ; fierce a ~ fight 5. malicious, spiteful ~ gossip 6. worsened by internal causes that reciprocally augment each other a ~ wage-price spiral • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun Synonyms: ~, villainous, iniquitous, nefarious, corrupt, degenerate mean highly reprehensible or offensive in character, nature, or conduct. ~ may directly oppose virtuous in implying moral depravity, or may connote malignancy, cruelty, or destructive violence a ~ gangster. villainous applies to any evil, depraved, or vile conduct or characteristic a villainous assault. iniquitous implies absence of all signs of justice or fairness an iniquitous system of taxation. nefarious suggests flagrant breaching of time-honored laws and traditions of conduct the nefarious rackets of organized crime. corrupt stresses a loss of moral integrity or probity causing betrayal of principle or sworn obligations city hall was rife with corrupt politicians. degenerate suggests having sunk to an especially ~ or enervated condition a degenerate regime propped up by foreign powers. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 bad-tempered, spiteful (a vicious dog; vicious remarks). 2 violent, severe (a vicious attack). 3 of the nature of or addicted to vice. 4 (of language or reasoning etc.) faulty or unsound. Phrases and idioms vicious circle see CIRCLE n. 11. vicious spiral continual harmful interaction of causes and effects, esp. as causing repeated rises in both prices and wages. Derivatives viciously adv. viciousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF vicious or L vitiosus f. vitium VICE(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. порочный; развратный vicious practices —- разврат vicious life —- порочная жизнь vicious person —- развратник, распутник; испорченный человек vicious companions —- дурная компания to form vicious habits —- приобрести дурные привычки 2. развращающий, вредный vicious book —- книга, развращающая умы the experience had a vicious effect on her —- пережитое подействовало на нее разлагающе, пережитое развратило ее 3. злой, злобный; злостный; злонамеренный; жестокий vicious temper —- злобный нрав vicious slander —- злостная клевета vicious remark —- язвительное замечание vicious rumour —- злонамеренный слух; злостная сплетня vicious bigot —- озлобленный изувер vicious fight —- жестокая схватка a vicious spurt of temper —- приступ озлобления, состояние крайнего раздражения "beware of vicious dogs" —- "осторожно, злые собаки!" (надпись) 4. норовистый (о лошади) 5. порочный; плохой, дурной vicious style (of writing) —- плохой (литературный) стиль vicious taste —- дурной (испорченный) вкус; безвкусица vicious system of financing —- порочная система финансирования 6. дефектный; ошибочный, неправильный vicious reasoning —- неправильное (нелогичное) рассуждение; отсутствие логики vicious argument —- несостоятельный аргумент vicious union —- мед. неправильное сращение 7. разг. ужасный, скверный, отвратительный vicious...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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union med. неправильное сращение VICIOUS circle порочный круг VICIOUS adj. 1) порочный 2) ошибочный, неправильный; дефектный; vicious habits - дурные привычки; a vicious argument - несостоятельный довод - vicious union 3) злой; злобный (о взгляде, словах); a most vicious enemy - злейший враг 4) норовистый 5) ужасный; vicious headache - ужасная головная боль 6) obs. грязный, загрязненный (о воде, воздухе и т.п.) - vicious circle Syn: see depraved ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1340, "of the nature of vice, wicked," from Anglo-Fr. vicious, O.Fr. vicieus, from L. vitiosus "faulty, defective, corrupt," from vitium "fault." Meaning "inclined to be savage or dangerous" is first recorded 1711 (originally of animals, especially horses); that of "full of spite, bitter, severe" is from 1825. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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