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vicious

Dictionary definition · vicious

adjective

  1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering"a barbarous crime"
  2. having the nature of vice
  3. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure"a criminal waste of talent"
  4. marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful"poisonous hate"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).