vicious
/ˈvɪʃəs/ adjective C1- Violent, destructive and cruel.
- Savage and aggressive.
Comparative viciouser · Superlative viciousest
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Marilla made no reply, but she hit the unlucky sorrel such a vicious clip with the whip that the fat mare, unused to such treatment, whizzed indignantly down the lane at an alarming pace.
It was an odious face—crafty, vicious, malignant, with shifty, light-grey eyes and white lashes.
The vicious propensities, the want of principle, which he was careful to guard from the knowledge of his best friend, could not escape the observation of a young man of nearly the same age with himself, and who had opportunities of seeing him in unguarded moments, which Mr.
With a last howl of agony and a vicious snap in the air, it rolled upon its back, four feet pawing furiously, and then fell limp upon its side.
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