bissig (hund)

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vicious
Violent, destructive and cruel
Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity

We may so seize on vertue, that if we embrace it with an over-greedy and violent desire, it may become vicious.

{a} faulty, immoral, wicked, unruly
savage and aggressive
{s} evil, spiteful; ferocious, fierce; faulty in character
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 white youths The blow was so sudden and vicious that he dropped to his knees. = brutal + viciously vi·cious·ly She had been viciously attacked with a hammer. + viciousness vi·cious·ness the intensity and viciousness of these attacks
A vicious remark is cruel and intended to upset someone. It is a deliberate, nasty and vicious attack on a young man's character. = savage + viciously vi·cious·ly `He deserved to die,' said Penelope viciously
Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples; vicious conduct
Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse
marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "a malevolent lie"; "poisonous hate in his eyes"- Ernest Hemingway; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"
given to vice, immorality or depravity
malicious or spiteful
Not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms
having the nature of vice
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
Bitter; spiteful; malignant
Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect
evil, immoral or depraved

Related Terms

Ist der Hund bissig?
Does the dog bite?