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- Dictionaryviciousness/ˈvɪʃəsnəs/
noun
- 1. deliberate cruelty or violence: "she was visibly shocked by the viciousness of the attack"
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Viciousness is the quality or fact of being cruel and showing an intention to hurt or upset someone, or being violent and causing great pain. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, synonyms and translations.
Viciousness means cruel, malicious, or evil behavior or character. Find out the origin, usage, and examples of this word, as well as related terms and translations.
Being terribly mean or violent on purpose is viciousness. The viciousness of your friends' argument might have startled you — usually, they get along well with each other. Someone with the trait of viciousness is guilty of acting in a deliberately cruel or callous way.
Learn the meaning of vicious, an adjective that describes something or someone that is dangerously aggressive, malicious, or immoral. See synonyms, antonyms, examples, and word history of vicious.
Vicious means intending to hurt badly, or likely to be violent. Learn how to use this adjective with synonyms, antonyms, and examples from different languages.
1. adjective. A vicious person or a vicious blow is violent and cruel. He was a cruel and vicious man. He suffered a vicious attack by a gang of youths. The blow was so sudden and vicious that he dropped to his knees. Synonyms: savage, brutal, violent, bad More Synonyms of vicious. viciously adverb [usually ADVERB with verb, oft ADVERB adjective]
noun. The characteristic of being vicious. Wiktionary. The desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty. Wiktionary. Synonyms: savagery. brutality. ferociousness. malignity. malignancy. malice. malevolence. ill will. venomousness. spitefulness. poisonousness. nastiness. meanness. maliciousness. Other Word Forms of Viciousness. Noun. Singular:
