Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality or state of being -vicious.
- noun Unruliness; trickiness; bad training, as of a shying or bolting horse.
- noun Spitefulness; malignancy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The characteristic of being
vicious . - noun The
desire to causeharm to others;extreme cruelty .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the trait of extreme cruelty
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Examples
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This petty viciousness is unseemly, unprofessional, and self-destructive.
A friendly suggestion to former McCain campaign staffers. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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But there are men, strong in viciousness, among them.
CHAPTER XLIII 2010
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I can understand disappointment, but this level of viciousness is one of the reasons Hillary lost.
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I can understand disappointment, but this level of viciousness is one of the reasons Hillary lost.
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On the contrary, like Darwin, it makes me wonder at the moral indifference of such an entity, who would create uncountable trillions of exquisitely beautiful organisms, only to destroy them in acts whose viciousness is beyond comprehension.
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On the contrary, like Darwin, it makes me wonder at the moral indifference of such an entity, who would create uncountable trillions of exquisitely beautiful organisms, only to destroy them in acts whose viciousness is beyond comprehension.
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Having read some of the anti - Semitic viciousness from the radical left and extreme right on this website – I am convinced that both sets of NUTCASES meet in the circle.
Think Progress » VIDEO: Sen. Levin and Fox Anchor in On-Air Scuffle Over Iraq Plan 2006
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On the contrary, like Darwin, it makes me wonder at the moral indifference of such an entity, who would create uncountable trillions of exquisitely beautiful organisms, only to destroy them in acts whose viciousness is beyond comprehension.
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On the contrary, like Darwin, it makes me wonder at the moral indifference of such an entity, who would create uncountable trillions of exquisitely beautiful organisms, only to destroy them in acts whose viciousness is beyond comprehension.
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I've always been fascinated with your character and despite the huge streak of plain viciousness and evil I've always thought there was so much more to you that met the eye.
For Shmi 2005
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