Vicious
adjective
Very cruel or violent.
He gave me a vicious look.
Often appears as...
- vicious attack
- vicious cycle
adjective
Showing an intention or wish to hurt someone or something very badly.
He made some vicious remarks about her
Often appears as...
- vicious criticism
- vicious rumors
adjective
Extremely severe or harmful in effects.
The drought has had vicious effects on the farming community
Often appears as...
- vicious effects
- vicious disease
adjective
Very cruel or violent.
He gave me a vicious look.
Often appears as...
- vicious attack
- vicious cycle
adjective
Showing an intention or wish to hurt someone or something very badly.
He made some vicious remarks about her
Often appears as...
- vicious criticism
- vicious rumors
adjective
Extremely severe or harmful in effects.
The drought has had vicious effects on the farming community
Often appears as...
- vicious effects
- vicious disease
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Intense Hostility
Describes actions or feelings that are not just cruel, but intensely hostile.
His vicious response left everyone stunned.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Mean
Implies behavior that goes far beyond being mean, suggesting extreme aggression.
A vicious personal attack, unlike ordinary criticism, feels ruthless.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Light-Hearted
Contrasts with light-hearted teasing or play; 'vicious' implies real intent to harm.
Her joke was vicious, not just playful banter.
Pro Tip 1/3Intense Hostility
Describes actions or feelings that are not just cruel, but intensely hostile.
His vicious response left everyone stunned.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Mean
Implies behavior that goes far beyond being mean, suggesting extreme aggression.
A vicious personal attack, unlike ordinary criticism, feels ruthless.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Light-Hearted
Contrasts with light-hearted teasing or play; 'vicious' implies real intent to harm.
Her joke was vicious, not just playful banter.
Pro Tip 1/3Intense Hostility
Describes actions or feelings that are not just cruel, but intensely hostile.
His vicious response left everyone stunned.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Mean
Implies behavior that goes far beyond being mean, suggesting extreme aggression.
A vicious personal attack, unlike ordinary criticism, feels ruthless.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Light-Hearted
Contrasts with light-hearted teasing or play; 'vicious' implies real intent to harm.
Her joke was vicious, not just playful banter.
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Face-Off With a Deadly...
take penguins and actually push them into my camera I think she thought the camera was my mouth which is every photographer's dream this went on for four days so here I came to Antarctica to photograph this potentially vicious animal to have this predator this top predator in Antarctica take care of me and nurture me and feed me for four days
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Why is it so hard to...
This policy is designed to ensure aid goes to those who need it most. But it also means people lose access as soon as they earn more than the qualification threshold, regardless of whether or not they're financially stable enough to stay there. This vicious cycle is harmful to both those in poverty and those outside of it.
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How reliable is your...
and had to be rescued by a life guard. And in a study done in Canada, researchers planted the false memory that when you were a kid, something as awful as being attacked by a vicious animal happened to you, succeeding with about half of their subjects.
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The voices in my head PIPE...
did not endear me to the faculty. In effect, a vicious cycle of fear, avoidance, mistrust and misunderstanding had been established, and this was a battle in which I felt powerless and incapable of establishing any kind of peace or reconciliation.
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The true cost of gold - ...
indicating that gold smuggling is happening on a massive scale, without ever being subject to taxes. All of this creates a vicious cycle, forcing a continued reliance on the corporations that helped create the situation in the first place.
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What causes an economic...
to help weather the expected decline in demand. That can lead to a vicious cycle as cost cuts eventually lower wages, leading to even lower demand. Even policy designed to help prevent recessions can contribute.
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The lie that invented...
and locking them into our particularly vicious brand of chattel slavery, and laws that gave even the poorest white people benefits, not big benefits in material terms but the right to not be enslaved for life,
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When Lions Work...
the laziest of big cats Lions will often sleep for up to 20 hours a day but with the constant threat of rivals on the horizon resident males have to keep an eye out and will viciously protect their
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Exorcism PIPE National...
attack his reaction changes his eyes become vicious he shakes some things sometimes I'm afraid Elena believes evil has descended upon her son he claims not to remember what happens during his
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Poetic performance and...
it would be a vicious cycle but I know better I know about your rough edges and I've seen your perfect curves I will fit into whatever spaces you let me if loving you means getting dirty
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Face-Off With a Deadly...
take penguins and actually push them into my camera I think she thought the camera was my mouth which is every photographer's dream this went on for four days so here I came to Antarctica to photograph this potentially vicious animal to have this predator this top predator in Antarctica take care of me and nurture me and feed me for four days
Video examples
Why is it so hard to...
This policy is designed to ensure aid goes to those who need it most. But it also means people lose access as soon as they earn more than the qualification threshold, regardless of whether or not they're financially stable enough to stay there. This vicious cycle is harmful to both those in poverty and those outside of it.
Video examples
How reliable is your...
and had to be rescued by a life guard. And in a study done in Canada, researchers planted the false memory that when you were a kid, something as awful as being attacked by a vicious animal happened to you, succeeding with about half of their subjects.
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The voices in my head PIPE...
did not endear me to the faculty. In effect, a vicious cycle of fear, avoidance, mistrust and misunderstanding had been established, and this was a battle in which I felt powerless and incapable of establishing any kind of peace or reconciliation.
Video examples
The true cost of gold - ...
indicating that gold smuggling is happening on a massive scale, without ever being subject to taxes. All of this creates a vicious cycle, forcing a continued reliance on the corporations that helped create the situation in the first place.
Video examples
What causes an economic...
to help weather the expected decline in demand. That can lead to a vicious cycle as cost cuts eventually lower wages, leading to even lower demand. Even policy designed to help prevent recessions can contribute.
Video examples
The lie that invented...
and locking them into our particularly vicious brand of chattel slavery, and laws that gave even the poorest white people benefits, not big benefits in material terms but the right to not be enslaved for life,
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When Lions Work...
the laziest of big cats Lions will often sleep for up to 20 hours a day but with the constant threat of rivals on the horizon resident males have to keep an eye out and will viciously protect their
Video examples
Exorcism PIPE National...
attack his reaction changes his eyes become vicious he shakes some things sometimes I'm afraid Elena believes evil has descended upon her son he claims not to remember what happens during his
Video examples
Poetic performance and...
it would be a vicious cycle but I know better I know about your rough edges and I've seen your perfect curves I will fit into whatever spaces you let me if loving you means getting dirty
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Quote examples
Pat McGrath
I knew I wasn't going to make money in the beginning, so I found another way to support myself - I was a receptionist. It's quite smart to work that way. Otherwise, you get vicious and desperate, and no one wants to work with you. Build your career slowly; then people start to trust you and pay you well.
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Sean Bean
English Actor
I never try and play a bad guy to be bad and to be brutal and to be nasty and vicious, because I think you're going to be very cliche there. You know, you've got to find the truth in that character and what he believes in. It just happens that, you know, he's wrong.
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Charlize Theron
South African Actress
I had called her up a couple of weeks before then, because I had heard this vicious rumour that she did not like the movie. It was very upsetting for me. I am very sensitive to that, because I am portraying her life and did not want her to be unhappy.
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Iyanla Vanzant
American Author
Why can't women get along? Because we're afraid. We're afraid to be vulnerable. We're afraid to be soft. We're afraid to be hurt. But most of all, we're afraid of our power. So we become controlling and aggressive and vicious.
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Vitali Klitschko
Ukrainian Politician
A lot of people want to see a last fight, but I am now engaged in a different fight - one that is much harder, much more vicious, and much more important to me. I am fighting for democracy and fighting for Ukraine.
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Don Rickles
American Comedian
I don't care if the average guy on the street really knows what I'm like, as long as he knows I'm not really a mean, vicious guy. My friends and family know what I'm really like. That's what's important.
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Kell Brook
British Athlete
When I was drinking I was thinking I was having a good time but it came back twice as bad, the depression. It was just a vicious circle - drinking, not caring about myself - and it gave me a bad low.
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Michael Caine
English Actor
I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.
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Todd Solondz
American Writer
In particular, people have trouble understanding where I stand in relation to my characters, and very often this gets reduced to me making vicious fun of them.
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Bill Duke
American Actor
AIDS is a very, very, very vicious disease, particularly in the black community.
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Pat McGrath
I knew I wasn't going to make money in the beginning, so I found another way to support myself - I was a receptionist. It's quite smart to work that way. Otherwise, you get vicious and desperate, and no one wants to work with you. Build your career slowly; then people start to trust you and pay you well.
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Sean Bean
English Actor
I never try and play a bad guy to be bad and to be brutal and to be nasty and vicious, because I think you're going to be very cliche there. You know, you've got to find the truth in that character and what he believes in. It just happens that, you know, he's wrong.
Quote examples
Charlize Theron
South African Actress
I had called her up a couple of weeks before then, because I had heard this vicious rumour that she did not like the movie. It was very upsetting for me. I am very sensitive to that, because I am portraying her life and did not want her to be unhappy.
Quote examples
Iyanla Vanzant
American Author
Why can't women get along? Because we're afraid. We're afraid to be vulnerable. We're afraid to be soft. We're afraid to be hurt. But most of all, we're afraid of our power. So we become controlling and aggressive and vicious.
Quote examples
Vitali Klitschko
Ukrainian Politician
A lot of people want to see a last fight, but I am now engaged in a different fight - one that is much harder, much more vicious, and much more important to me. I am fighting for democracy and fighting for Ukraine.
Quote examples
Don Rickles
American Comedian
I don't care if the average guy on the street really knows what I'm like, as long as he knows I'm not really a mean, vicious guy. My friends and family know what I'm really like. That's what's important.
Quote examples
Kell Brook
British Athlete
When I was drinking I was thinking I was having a good time but it came back twice as bad, the depression. It was just a vicious circle - drinking, not caring about myself - and it gave me a bad low.
Quote examples
Michael Caine
English Actor
I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.
Quote examples
Todd Solondz
American Writer
In particular, people have trouble understanding where I stand in relation to my characters, and very often this gets reduced to me making vicious fun of them.
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Bill Duke
American Actor
AIDS is a very, very, very vicious disease, particularly in the black community.
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