vicious
adjective
1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- vicious kicks
Similar word(s): inhumane, barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage
2. having the nature of vice
3. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
Similar word(s): wrong, condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible
4. marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
- vicious gossip