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How to pronounce vicious in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms evil
Derivation vice, viciousness
Type Words
Synonyms poisonous, venomous
Derivation viciousness


vicious gossip.
Type Words
Synonyms barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage
Derivation viciousness


vicious kicks.
Type Words
Synonyms condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible

Examples of vicious

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In a vicious circle, the higher rates themselves increased Greece's debt burden.
From the businessweek.com
Jones earned the first yellow card of the day for a vicious hack at Pires'ankle.
From the newsshopper.co.uk
Adams spread old, vicious rumors during the campaign that Rachel was a bigamist.
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The vicious ups and downs seem extreme given the fact the company is a retailer.
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That vicious beating, which lasted for hours, proved fatal to Christopher Cejas.
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Roethlisberger suffers a concussion when he takes a vicious hit before halftime.
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The Season 8 winner used vicious kicks and elbows to improve his record to 14-1.
From the suntimes.com
Nowhere, however, is the battle more vicious than in the arena known as Chicago.
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And it creates vicious circles of parents rejecting schools quite unnecessarily.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
More examples
  • Barbarous: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
  • Evil: having the nature of vice
  • Condemnable: bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"
  • Poisonous: marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"
  • (viciously) in a vicious manner; "he was viciously attacked"
  • (viciousness) ferociousness: the trait of extreme cruelty
  • Transformer is the second studio album by American rock musician Lou Reed, released in December 1972.
  • Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity; Evil, immoral or depraved; Violent, destructive and cruel; Savage and aggressive
  • (Viciousness) The unforgivable behavior of a healthier person who pierces my denial and thus causes me some healthy pain.