What is another word for vicious?
848 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ vˈɪʃəs], [ vˈɪʃəs], [ v_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_s]
The word vicious is used to describe something that is harmful, cruel, or destructive. There are many synonyms that can be used to describe this type of behavior, including brutal, ruthless, merciless, savage, and ferocious. These words all imply a level of violence or aggression that is intended to cause harm. Other synonyms for vicious may include malicious, spiteful, malevolent, vindictive, or cruel. While each of these words has a slightly different connotation, they all share the common theme of causing harm or damage, either physically or emotionally. When trying to describe a particularly harmful or aggressive situation, choosing the right synonym for "vicious" can help to convey the intensity and severity of the situation.
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Similar words for vicious:
- barbarian (adjective)
- dangerous (adjective)
- destructive (adjective)
- diabolical (adjective)
- disreputable (adjective)
- dissolute (adjective)
- evil (adjective)
- harmful (adjective)
- hateful (adjective)
- ill-tempered (adjective)
- imperfect (adjective)
- ireful (adjective)
- irritable (adjective)
- malevolent (adjective)
- mean (adjective)
- unjust (adjective)
- untamed (adjective)
- wicked (adjective)
- bad (adjective)
- barbarous (adjective)
- bitchy (adjective)
- brutal (adjective)
- catty (adjective)
- concentrated (adjective)
- corrupt, wrong (adjective)
- criminal (adjective)
- cruel (adjective)
- cutthroat (adjective)
- degenerate (adjective)
- depraved (adjective)
- despiteful (adjective)
- diabolic (adjective)
- dog-eat-dog (adjective)
- exquisite (adjective)
- ferocious (adjective)
- fiendish (adjective)
- fierce (adjective)
- filthy (adjective)
- foul (adjective)
- furious (adjective)
- heinous (adjective)
- immoral (adjective)
- infamous (adjective)
- inhuman (adjective)
- inhuman/inhumane (adjective)
- lousy (adjective)
- malicious (adjective)
- malign (adjective)
- mephitical (adjective)
- mischievous (adjective)
- miscreant (adjective)
- monstrous (adjective)
- nasty (adjective)
- nasty, hateful (adjective)
- pestilent/pestilential (adjective)
- poison/poisonous (adjective)
- rotten (adjective)
- ruthless (adjective)
- savage (adjective)
- sinful (adjective)
- sordid (adjective)
- spiteful (adjective)
- tough (adjective)
- ugly (adjective)
- unfair (adjective)
- vehement (adjective)
- venomous (adjective)
- violent (adjective)
- wanton (adjective)
- wild (adjective)
- fell (noun)
- roughshod (noun)
- base
- corrupt
- cruel
- depraved
- harsh
- injurious
- malicious
- ruthless
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Vicious:
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adj.
• barbarian • dangerous • destructive • diabolical • disreputable • dissolute- gone bad ,
- high living ,
- in the fast lane ,
- night owl ,
- nighthawk ,
- lax ,
- lecherous ,
- on the take ,
- sybaritic ,
- wayward .
- malevolent ,
- malicious ,
- shuddersome ,
- uncool ,
- dis gusting ,
- dis-gusting ,
- more cussed ,
- more shuddersome ,
- more uncool ,
- most cussed ,
- most shuddersome ,
- most uncool ,
- un cool ,
- un desirable ,
- un-cool ,
- un-desirable .
- Black-hearted ,
- antagonistic ,
- bad-natured ,
- baleful ,
- baneful ,
- bitter ,
- churlish ,
- corrosive ,
- foul ,
- hostile ,
- hurtful ,
- ill-natured ,
- malignant ,
- perfidious ,
- rancorous ,
- sinister ,
- sullen ,
- treacherous ,
- venomous ,
- vindictive ,
- wicked .
- hardnosed ,
- liverish ,
- low-down and dirty ,
- low-down dirty ,
- ornery ,
- the lowest ,
- toucher ,
- lowdown and dirty ,
- snide .
- abandoned ,
- abhorrent ,
- atrocious ,
- contaminated ,
- dangerous ,
- degraded ,
- heinous ,
- infamous ,
- insubordinate ,
- monstrous ,
- perverse ,
- putrid ,
- reprehensible ,
- reprobate ,
- unprincipled ,
- untamed ,
- worthless .
- illegal ,
- more indictable ,
- more racket ,
- more unrighteous ,
- more wildcat ,
- most indictable ,
- most racket ,
- most unrighteous ,
- most wildcat ,
- off base ,
- out line ,
- scandalous ,
- shady ,
- un lawful ,
- un righteous ,
- un-lawful ,
- un-righteous .
- cold blooded ,
- flinty ,
- hard hearted ,
- in exorable ,
- in-exorable ,
- more demoniac ,
- more hard hearted ,
- more hard-hearted ,
- most demoniac ,
- most hard hearted ,
- most hard-hearted ,
- painful ,
- re vengeful ,
- re-vengeful ,
- un kind ,
- un kinder ,
- un kindest ,
- un natural ,
- un relenting ,
- un-kind ,
- un-kinder ,
- un-kindest ,
- un-natural ,
- un-relenting .
- de based ,
- de cadent ,
- de generate ,
- de generated ,
- de graded ,
- de-based ,
- de-cadent ,
- de-generate ,
- de-generated ,
- de-graded ,
- more degenerated ,
- more demeaned ,
- more flatitious ,
- more overripe ,
- more vitiated ,
- more worsen ,
- most degenerated ,
- most demeaned ,
- most flatitious ,
- most overripe ,
- most vitiated ,
- most worsen ,
- over ripe ,
- retro grade ,
- retro-grade ,
- un healthier ,
- un healthiest ,
- un healthy ,
- un-healthier ,
- un-healthiest ,
- un-healthy .
- dirty minded ,
- dirtyminded ,
- gone dogs ,
- gone the dogs ,
- gone to dogs ,
- lascivious ,
- more dirty minded ,
- more dirty-minded ,
- more dirtyminded ,
- more flagitous ,
- more vitiate ,
- more warped ,
- most dirty minded ,
- most dirty-minded ,
- most dirtyminded ,
- most flagitous ,
- most vitiate ,
- most warped ,
- shameless ,
- warped .
- de monic ,
- de-monic ,
- more mephistophelian ,
- most mephistophelian ,
- un hallowed ,
- un pleasant ,
- un-pleasant .
- Flipped ,
- apest ,
- enraged ,
- howling ,
- in tense ,
- in tenser ,
- in-tense ,
- in-tenser ,
- in-tensest ,
- more flipped ,
- more howling ,
- most flipped ,
- most howling ,
- tumultous tumultuous ,
- tumultous-tumultuous ,
- tumultoustumultuous ,
- un controllable ,
- un-controllable .
- foul mouthed ,
- in decent ,
- in-decent ,
- more foul mouthed ,
- more foul-mouthed ,
- most foul mouthed ,
- most foul-mouthed ,
- suggestive .
- de testable ,
- de-testable ,
- dis honorable ,
- dis-honorable ,
- egregious ,
- in equitable ,
- in-equitable ,
- more caitiff ,
- more contaminated ,
- more pigpen ,
- more polluted ,
- more sullied ,
- most caitiff ,
- most contaminated ,
- most pigpen ,
- most polluted ,
- most sullied ,
- mucky ,
- un clean ,
- un cleaner ,
- un cleanest ,
- un just ,
- un juster ,
- un justest ,
- un scrupulous ,
- un-clean ,
- un-cleaner ,
- un-cleanest ,
- un-just ,
- un-juster ,
- un-justest ,
- un-scrupulous ,
- under hand ,
- under handed ,
- under-hand ,
- under-handed ,
- yecchier ,
- yecchiest ,
- yucky .
- bent out shape ,
- fit be tied ,
- in censed ,
- in sane ,
- in saner ,
- in sanest ,
- in-censed ,
- in-sane ,
- in-saner ,
- more blustering ,
- more corybantic ,
- more fuming ,
- more hacked ,
- more intensified ,
- more maddened ,
- more maniac ,
- more rampageous ,
- more smoking ,
- more steamed ,
- most blustering ,
- most corybantic ,
- most fuming ,
- most hacked ,
- most intensified ,
- most maddened ,
- most maniac ,
- most rampageous ,
- most smoking ,
- most steamed ,
- on warpath ,
- steamed ,
- un governable ,
- un reasonable ,
- un-governable ,
- un-reasonable ,
- up arms .
- dis honest ,
- dis-honest ,
- more saturnalian ,
- most saturnalian ,
- un chaste ,
- un chaster ,
- un chastest ,
- un ethical ,
- un-chaste ,
- un-chaster ,
- un-chastest ,
- un-ethical ,
- x rated ,
- xrated .
- ill famed ,
- illfamed ,
- in famous ,
- in-famous ,
- more ill famed ,
- more ill-famed ,
- more illfamed ,
- most ill famed ,
- most ill-famed ,
- most illfamed .
- green eyed ,
- greeneyed ,
- ill disposed ,
- illdisposed ,
- more ill disposed ,
- more ill-disposed ,
- more illdisposed ,
- most ill disposed ,
- most ill-disposed ,
- most illdisposed .
- ex asperating ,
- ex-asperating ,
- holy terror ,
- ill behaved ,
- illbehaved ,
- impish ,
- mis behaving ,
- mis-behaving ,
- mischievous ,
- more dickens ,
- more exasperating ,
- more ill behaved ,
- more ill-behaved ,
- more illbehaved ,
- more misbehaving ,
- more rascal ,
- more rascally ,
- more vexing ,
- most dickens ,
- most exasperating ,
- most ill behaved ,
- most ill-behaved ,
- most illbehaved ,
- most misbehaving ,
- most rascal ,
- most rascally ,
- most vexing ,
- pre carious ,
- pre-carious ,
- teasing .
- Miscreated ,
- in tolerable ,
- in-tolerable ,
- mis created ,
- mis-created ,
- more horrifying ,
- more miscreated ,
- more teratoid ,
- most horrifying ,
- most miscreated ,
- most teratoid ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un usual ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-canny ,
- un-usual .
- Backbiting ,
- beastly ,
- cussed ,
- defamatory ,
- dirty ,
- frightful ,
- horrid ,
- intense ,
- rough ,
- slanderous ,
- vehement .
- dis eased ,
- dis-eased ,
- more contaminating ,
- more pestilent ,
- more tainting ,
- most contaminating ,
- most tainting .
- infective ,
- mephitic ,
- more infective ,
- more miasmatic ,
- more septic ,
- more toxiferous ,
- most infective ,
- most miasmatic ,
- most septic ,
- most toxiferous .
- killer ,
- more ironfisted ,
- more killer ,
- most ironfisted ,
- most killer ,
- un appeasable ,
- un forgiving ,
- un yielding ,
- un-appeasable ,
- un-forgiving ,
- un-yielding ,
- unforgiving .
- in a state nature ,
- in state nature ,
- in state of nature ,
- more nonliterate ,
- more unbroken ,
- more unmodified ,
- most nonliterate ,
- most unbroken ,
- most unmodified ,
- non literate ,
- non-literate ,
- un broken ,
- un modified ,
- un spoiled ,
- un-broken ,
- un-modified ,
- un-spoiled ,
- unspoiled .
- de meritorious ,
- de-meritorious ,
- more demeritorious ,
- more unregenerate ,
- most demeritorious ,
- most unregenerate ,
- un godlier ,
- un godliest ,
- un godly ,
- un holier ,
- un holiest ,
- un holy ,
- un regenerate ,
- un-godlier ,
- un-godliest ,
- un-godly ,
- un-holier ,
- un-holiest ,
- un-holy .
- low down ,
- more low down ,
- more low-down ,
- more lowdown ,
- most low down ,
- most low-down ,
- most lowdown ,
- self seeking ,
- selfseeking ,
- slumer ,
- slumest ,
- slummiest ,
- small minded ,
- smallminded ,
- un cleanlier ,
- un cleanliest ,
- un cleanly ,
- un generous ,
- un-cleanlier ,
- un-cleanliest ,
- un-cleanly ,
- un-generous ,
- uncleanly .
- ex acting ,
- ex-acting ,
- hard bitten ,
- hard boiled ,
- hard shelled ,
- hardline ,
- hardshelled ,
- in flexible ,
- in tractable ,
- in-flexible ,
- in-tractable ,
- more hard shelled ,
- more hard-shelled ,
- more hardshelled ,
- more ruffianly ,
- most hard shelled ,
- most hard-shelled ,
- most hardshelled ,
- most ruffianly ,
- re solute ,
- re-solute ,
- un alterable ,
- un bending ,
- un compromising ,
- un manageable ,
- un-alterable ,
- un-bending ,
- un-compromising ,
- un-manageable .
- dis criminatory ,
- dis-criminatory ,
- in excusable ,
- in-excusable ,
- more cheating ,
- more unrightful ,
- more unsporting ,
- most cheating ,
- most unrightful ,
- most unsporting ,
- one sided ,
- onesided ,
- un due ,
- un duest ,
- un fair ,
- un fairer ,
- un fairest ,
- un justifiable ,
- un rightful ,
- un sporting ,
- un-due ,
- un-duer ,
- un-duest ,
- un-fair ,
- un-fairer ,
- un-fairest ,
- un-justifiable ,
- un-rightful ,
- un-sporting ,
- un-warranted ,
- uncalledfor .
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- awful ,
- pitiless ,
- uncharitable ,
- unkind .
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- angry ,
- chain lightning ,
- eye ,
- forked lightning ,
- fury ,
- landfall ,
- lightning ,
- sheet lightning ,
- storm cloud ,
- unruly .
- fell .
Other synonyms:
- Fratricidal ,
- bloodthirsty ,
- despiteful ,
- homicidal ,
- knockdown-dragout ,
- peccant ,
- ruthless ,
- sanguinary ,
- thuggish ,
- venal ,
- wolfish .
- bestial ,
- disorderly ,
- full-frontal ,
- inhuman ,
- riotous .
- tough .
- black .
- bad .
Other relevant words:
- base ,
- debased ,
- demoralized ,
- faulty ,
- impious ,
- impure ,
- indecent ,
- lewd ,
- libidinous ,
- licentious ,
- profligate ,
- pure .
- Corybantic ,
- Hacked ,
- Hard-hearted ,
- Miasmatic ,
- Ogreish ,
- Satanical ,
- Saturnalian ,
- Teratoid ,
- Viperish ,
- Viperous ,
- aper ,
- barbarian ,
- barbarous ,
- bent out of shape ,
- bribable ,
- browned off ,
- brutal ,
- brutish ,
- bummed out ,
- cattish ,
- catty ,
- coldblooded ,
- concentrated ,
- criminal ,
- cutthroat ,
- degenerate ,
- demeritorious ,
- demoniac ,
- demonical ,
- desperate ,
- destructive ,
- diabolic ,
- diabolical ,
- dickens ,
- dirty-minded ,
- disreputable ,
- dissolute ,
- evil ,
- exquisite ,
- ferocious ,
- fierce ,
- filthy ,
- flagitious ,
- flagitous ,
- flatitious ,
- foul-mouthed ,
- furious ,
- godawful ,
- gone to the dogs ,
- hard as nails ,
- hard line ,
- hard-shelled ,
- hardbitten ,
- hardboiled ,
- harmful baneful ,
- hateful ,
- head-strong ,
- hellish ,
- hopped up ,
- hopping mad ,
- hyper ,
- ill-behaved ,
- ill-disposed ,
- ill-famed ,
- immoral ,
- imperfect ,
- in a state of nature ,
- indictable ,
- inhumane ,
- ireful ,
- ironfisted ,
- lousy ,
- low-down ,
- lowdown ,
- malefic ,
- malign ,
- mean ,
- miscreant ,
- morally wrong ,
- motiveless ,
- nasty ,
- nefarious ,
- nonliterate ,
- of easy virtue ,
- on the make ,
- on the warpath ,
- out of line ,
- over-ripe ,
- overripe ,
- perverted ,
- rampageous ,
- ravening ,
- rotten ,
- ruffianly ,
- savage ,
- septic ,
- sinful ,
- slummier ,
- slummy ,
- smoking ,
- sordid ,
- spiteful ,
- tigerish ,
- toxicant ,
- toxiferous ,
- ugly ,
- un-hallowed ,
- un-regenerate ,
- undomesticated ,
- unfair ,
- unmodified ,
- unprovoked ,
- unregenerate ,
- unrighteous ,
- unrightful ,
- unsporting ,
- very grave ,
- vile ,
- virulent ,
- wanton ,
- without mercy ,
- without pity ,
- yecchy .
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How to use "Vicious" in context?
Anyone who has been in a fight or any other kind of physical altercation knows that there is a certain level of intensity and viciousness that goes into it. This intensity is what makes physical altercations so thrilling to watch, and also makes them so dangerous. Stories abound of people who have been seriously injured or killed due to a physical altercation. The level of damage that can be done in a quick and brutal battle is truly staggering.
One of the most vicious aspects of physical altercations is the intimidation factor. When two people are face to face, words can only go so far in establishing dominance.
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Independent
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Adjective
abusive, aggressive, appalling, awful, bad, barbarous, brute, brutish, dastardly, destructive, dirty, disastrous, downward, draconian, dreadful, erroneous, gruesome, harsh, hideous, horrid, horrific, horrifying, insufferable, invidious, monstrous, murderous, perilous, perverted, relentless, reprehensible, repugnant, serious, terrible, treacherous, tricky, unhealthy, unspeakable, warped.
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Adjective
abhorrent, abominable, atrocious, barbaric, bloodthirsty, bloody, brutal, callous, cold-blooded, cruel, dangerous, despicable, egregious, evil, ferocious, fierce, hateful, heartless, heinous, hellish, horrendous, horrible, inclement, infernal, insidious, loathsome, malevolent, malicious, malignant, merciless, mischievous, nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, outrageous, pernicious, perverse, ruthless, sadistic, savage, severe, sinister, vile, violent, virulent, wicked, cut-throat.
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Proper noun, singular
malignant.
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Adjective
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