vicious

(s) (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
barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, savage, roughshod,
(s) having the nature of vice evil,
(s) bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
- a criminal waste of talent
- a deplorable act of violence
- adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife
condemnable, criminal, reprehensible, deplorable,
(s) marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
- poisonous hate
- venomous criticism
- vicious gossip
venomous, poisonous,

barbarous brutal cruel fell savage roughshod evil condemnable criminal reprehensible deplorable venomous poisonous

vicious circle vicious cycle viciously viciousness