vicious

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PIE word *dwóh1 From Middle English vicious, from Anglo-Norman vicious, (modern French vicieux), from Latin vitiōsus, from vitium (“fault, vice”). Equivalent to vice + -ous.

Originally a nickname for a vicious person.

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: зъл (zǎl) — violent, destructive
• Bulgarian: злобен (zloben) — violent, destructive
• Chinese Mandarin: 暴虐的 (bàonüè de) — violent, destructive
• Chinese Mandarin: 殘暴的 /残暴的 (cánbào de) — violent, destructive
• Finnish: raju — violent, destructive
• Finnish: tuhoisa — violent, destructive
• Finnish: väkivaltainen — violent, destructive
• French: violent (e) — violent, destructive
• French: destructif — violent, destructive
• French: destructive — violent, destructive
• Georgian: დამანგრეველი (damangreveli) — violent, destructive
• Georgian: აგრესიული (agresiuli) — violent, destructive
• German: gewalttätig — violent, destructive
• German: destruktiv — violent, destructive
• Hungarian: rosszindulatú — violent, destructive
• Hungarian: rossz — violent, destructive
• Hungarian: gonosz — violent, destructive
• Italian: violento — violent, destructive
• Japanese: 狂暴 (kyōbō) — violent, destructive
• Japanese: 危険 (kiken) — violent, destructive
• Polish: bezwzględny — violent, destructive
• Polish: zacietrzewiony — violent, destructive
• Portuguese: atroz — violent, destructive
• Portuguese: brutal — violent, destructive
• Portuguese: cruel — violent, destructive
• Portuguese: desapiedado — violent, destructive
• Portuguese: destrutivo — violent, destructive
• Portuguese: sanguinolento — violent, destructive
• Portuguese: violento — violent, destructive
• Russian: злой (zloj) — violent, destructive
• Russian: зло́бный (zlóbnyj) — violent, destructive
• Russian: я́ростный (járostnyj) — violent, destructive
• Russian: свире́пый (svirépyj) — violent, destructive
• Turkish: agresif — violent, destructive
• Turkish: saldırgan — violent, destructive
• Ottoman Turkish: خشین (haşin) — violent, destructive
• Ukrainian: злий (zlyj) — violent, destructive
• Asturian: bravu — savage, aggressive
• Chinese Mandarin: 凶悍的 (xiōnghàn de) — savage, aggressive
• Chinese Mandarin: 凶暴的 (xiōngbào de) — savage, aggressive
• Finnish: raaka — savage, aggressive
• Finnish: julma — savage, aggressive
• Finnish: ärhäkkä — savage, aggressive
• Finnish: aggressiivinen — savage, aggressive
• Georgian: აგრესიული (agresiuli) — savage, aggressive
• Georgian: ველური (veluri) — savage, aggressive
• German: grausam — savage, aggressive
• German: aggressiv — savage, aggressive
• Hungarian: vad — savage, aggressive
• Hungarian: dühödt — savage, aggressive
• Hungarian: ádáz — savage, aggressive
• Italian: aggressivo — savage, aggressive
• Japanese: 狂暴 (kyōbō) — savage, aggressive
• Japanese: 危険 (kiken) — savage, aggressive
• Polish: narowisty — savage, aggressive
• Portuguese: agressivo — savage, aggressive
• Portuguese: selvagem — savage, aggressive
• Turkish: agresif — savage, aggressive
• Armenian: արատավոր (aratavor) — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Bulgarian: порочен (poročen) — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Cebuano: mapintas nga — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Chinese Mandarin: 不道德的 (bùdàodé de) — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Chinese Mandarin: 墮落的 /堕落的 (duòluò de) — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Chinese Mandarin: 邪惡的 /邪恶的 (xié'è de) — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Czech: neřestný — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Esperanto: malvirta — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Finnish: paheellinen — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• French: vicieux — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Georgian: მანკიერი (manḳieri) — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Georgian: ბიწიერი (bic̣ieri) — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Georgian: უზნეო (uzneo) — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• German: böse — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• German: boshaft — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• German: übel — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• German: unmoralisch — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (unmanariggws) — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Hungarian: erkölcstelen — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Igbo: ajọ — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Irish: ainbhéasach — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Irish: coirpe — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Irish: drochmhúinte — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Irish: duáilceach — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Irish: mínáireach — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Irish: oilbhéasach — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Irish: olc — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Japanese: 悪徳 (akutoku) — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Japanese: 堕落した (daraku shita) — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Javanese: ganas — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Latin: vitiosus — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Russian: поро́чный (poróčnyj) — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Spanish: vicioso — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Swedish: illvillig — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Swedish: elak — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Swedish: ond — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Swedish: omoralisk — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Turkish: ahlaksız — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Turkish: kötü — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Turkish: muzır — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity
• Welsh: gwydus — pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity