形容词
1. 残暴的;凶残的;凶恶的
A vicious person or a vicious blow is violent and cruel.
1. marked by deep ill will
deliberately harmful
e.g. poisonous hate
venomous criticism
vicious gossip
2. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
e.g. a barbarous crime
brutal beatings
cruel tortures
Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
a savage slap
vicious kicks
Synonym: barbarousbrutalcruelfellroughshodsavage
3. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
e.g. a criminal waste of talent
a deplorable act of violence
adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife
Synonym: condemnablecriminaldeplorablereprehensible
4. having the nature of vice
Synonym: evil