·adj Bitter; spiteful; malignant.
II. Vicious ·adj Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect.
III. Vicious ·adj Wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air, water, ·etc.
IV. Vicious ·adj Not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms.
V. Vicious ·adj Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse.
VI. Vicious ·adj Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples; vicious conduct.