vicious
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(satellite adjective) marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "a malevolent lie"; "poisonous hate...in his eyes"- Ernest Hemingway; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip" |
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Synonyms: poisonous, venomous |
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(satellite adjective) having the nature of vice |
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Synonyms: depraved, evil |
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(satellite adjective) (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" |
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Synonyms: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage |
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