1 violent and cruel
SYNBRUTAL:
a vicious assault / attack / murder * a vicious criminal / gang * She has a vicious temper.
2 (of animals) fierce and dangerous:
a vicious dog
3 (of an attack, criticism, etc.) full of hatred and anger:
She wrote me a vicious letter after the incident. * The newspapers launched a vicious attack on him, forcing him to resign.
4 (informal) very bad or severe:
a vicious headache * a vicious spiral of rising prices
viciously adverb
viciousness noun [U]:
Police were shocked by the viciousness of the assault.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is vicious a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, vicious is tagged as adjective.
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