vicious
Example Sentences
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Be cautious — but don’t write off rattlesnakes as vicious, the experts say.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
"Great civilizations outlast even the most vicious occupiers."
From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026
When accompanied by a vicious cycle of falling prices and falling demand, that turns into a process known as deflation.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
Ayer, in a report to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, called her a “rich and vicious parasite.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
He was a bad painter and a vicious gossip, with a vocabulary composed almost entirely of obscenities, guttural verbs, and the word “postmodernist.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
