"vicious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈvɪʃəs/ Audio: en-us-vicious.ogg [US] Forms: more vicious [comparative], viciouser [comparative], most vicious [superlative], viciousest [superlative], vitious [alternative]
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  1. Violent, destructive and cruel. Translations (violent, destructive): зъл (zăl) (Bulgarian), злобен (zloben) (Bulgarian), 暴虐的 (bàonüè de) (Chinese Mandarin), 殘暴的 /残暴的 (cánbào de) (Chinese Mandarin), raju (Finnish), tuhoisa (Finnish), väkivaltainen (Finnish), violent (e) (French), destructif [feminine, masculine] (French), destructive [feminine, masculine] (French), დამანგრეველი (damangreveli) (Georgian), აგრესიული (agresiuli) (Georgian), gewalttätig (German), destruktiv (German), rosszindulatú (Hungarian), rossz (Hungarian), gonosz (Hungarian), violento (Italian), 狂暴 (kyōbō) (english: violent, furious) (Japanese), 危険 (kiken) (english: dangerous) (Japanese), خشین (haşin) (Ottoman Turkish), bezwzględny (Polish), zacietrzewiony (Polish), atroz (Portuguese), brutal (Portuguese), cruel (Portuguese), desapiedado [masculine] (Portuguese), destrutivo [masculine] (Portuguese), sanguinolento [masculine] (Portuguese), violento [masculine] (Portuguese), злой (zloj) (Russian), зло́бный (zlóbnyj) (Russian), я́ростный (járostnyj) (Russian), свире́пый (svirépyj) (Russian), agresif (Turkish), saldırgan (Turkish), злий (zlyj) (Ukrainian)
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  2. Savage and aggressive. Translations (savage, aggressive): bravu (Asturian), 凶悍的 (xiōnghàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), 凶暴的 (xiōngbào de) (Chinese Mandarin), raaka (Finnish), julma (Finnish), ärhäkkä (Finnish), aggressiivinen (Finnish), აგრესიული (agresiuli) (Georgian), ველური (veluri) (Georgian), grausam (German), aggressiv (German), vad (Hungarian), dühödt (Hungarian), ádáz (Hungarian), aggressivo (Italian), 狂暴 (kyōbō) (english: violent, furious) (Japanese), 危険 (kiken) (english: dangerous) (Japanese), narowisty (Polish), agressivo [masculine] (Portuguese), selvagem (Portuguese), agresif (Turkish)
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  3. (archaic) Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity. Tags: archaic Translations (pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity): արատավոր (aratavor) (Armenian), порочен (poročen) (Bulgarian), mapintas nga (Cebuano), 不道德的 (bùdàodé de) (Chinese Mandarin), 墮落的 /堕落的 (duòluò de) (Chinese Mandarin), 邪惡的 /邪恶的 (xié'è de) (Chinese Mandarin), neřestný (Czech), malvirta (Esperanto), paheellinen (Finnish), vicieux (French), მანკიერი (manḳieri) (Georgian), ბიწიერი (bic̣ieri) (Georgian), უზნეო (uzneo) (Georgian), böse (German), boshaft (German), übel (German), unmoralisch (German), 𐌿𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (unmanariggws) (Gothic), erkölcstelen (Hungarian), ajọ (Igbo), ainbhéasach (Irish), coirpe (Irish), drochmhúinte (Irish), duáilceach (Irish), mínáireach (Irish), oilbhéasach (Irish), olc (Irish), 悪徳 (akutoku) (english: dishonest, crooked) (Japanese), 堕落した (daraku shita) (english: corrupt, depraved) (Japanese), ganas (Javanese), vitiosus (Latin), поро́чный (poróčnyj) (Russian), vicioso (Spanish), illvillig (Swedish), elak (Swedish), ond (Swedish), omoralisk (Swedish), ahlaksız (Turkish), kötü (Turkish), muzır (Turkish), gwydus (Welsh)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: scathy Derived forms: ultravicious, unvicious, vicious circle, vicious cycle, vicious intromission, viciously, viciousness Related terms: vice#Related_terms
Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0 0

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Alternative forms

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          "roman": "manḳieri",
          "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
          "word": "მანკიერი"
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          "roman": "bic̣ieri",
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          "word": "უზნეო"
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          "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
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          "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "word": "erkölcstelen"
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          "destructive",
          "destructive"
        ],
        [
          "cruel",
          "cruel"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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              116
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          "text": "He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school. He hadn't the faintest idea what to with a cold in the head, he just took quinine and continued to blow his nose.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Savage and aggressive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Savage",
          "savage"
        ],
        [
          "aggressive",
          "aggressive"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": ", Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.195",
          "text": "We may so seize on vertue, that if we embrace it with an over-greedy and violent desire, it may become vicious."
        },
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              37
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          "ref": "1814, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park:",
          "text": "Admiral Crawford was a man of vicious conduct, who chose, instead of retaining his niece, to bring his mistress under his own roof",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "ref": "1930, Ogden Nash, Lines to Be Mumbled at Ovington's:",
          "text": "A murrain on you, Reverend Apse/I hope you get caught in a vicious moral lapse.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity."
      ],
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        [
          "vice",
          "vice"
        ],
        [
          "immorality",
          "immorality"
        ],
        [
          "depravity",
          "depravity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "word": "scathy"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "zăl",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "зъл"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "zloben",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "злобен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "bàonüè de",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "暴虐的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "cánbào de",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "殘暴的 /残暴的"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "raju"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "tuhoisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "väkivaltainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "violent (e)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "destructif"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "destructive"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "damangreveli",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "დამანგრეველი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "agresiuli",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "აგრესიული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "gewalttätig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "destruktiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "rosszindulatú"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "rossz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "gonosz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "violento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "violent, furious",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "kyōbō",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "translation": "violent, furious",
      "word": "狂暴"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "dangerous",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "kiken",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "translation": "dangerous",
      "word": "危険"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "bezwzględny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "zacietrzewiony"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "atroz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "brutal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "cruel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desapiedado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "destrutivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sanguinolento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "violento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "zloj",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "злой"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "zlóbnyj",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "зло́бный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "járostnyj",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "я́ростный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "svirépyj",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "свире́пый"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "agresif"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "saldırgan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "haşin",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "خشین"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "zlyj",
      "sense": "violent, destructive",
      "word": "злий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "sense": "savage, aggressive",
      "word": "bravu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "xiōnghàn de",
      "sense": "savage, aggressive",
      "word": "凶悍的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "xiōngbào de",
      "sense": "savage, aggressive",
      "word": "凶暴的"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "savage, aggressive",
      "word": "raaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "savage, aggressive",
      "word": "julma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "savage, aggressive",
      "word": "ärhäkkä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "savage, aggressive",
      "word": "aggressiivinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "agresiuli",
      "sense": "savage, aggressive",
      "word": "აგრესიული"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "veluri",
      "sense": "savage, aggressive",
      "word": "ველური"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "savage, aggressive",
      "word": "grausam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "savage, aggressive",
      "word": "aggressiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "savage, aggressive",
      "word": "vad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "savage, aggressive",
      "word": "dühödt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "savage, aggressive",
      "word": "ádáz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "savage, aggressive",
      "word": "aggressivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "violent, furious",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "kyōbō",
      "sense": "savage, aggressive",
      "translation": "violent, furious",
      "word": "狂暴"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "dangerous",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "kiken",
      "sense": "savage, aggressive",
      "translation": "dangerous",
      "word": "危険"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "savage, aggressive",
      "word": "narowisty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "savage, aggressive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agressivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "savage, aggressive",
      "word": "selvagem"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "savage, aggressive",
      "word": "agresif"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "aratavor",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "արատավոր"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "poročen",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "порочен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "lang_code": "ceb",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "mapintas nga"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "bùdàodé de",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "不道德的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "duòluò de",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "墮落的 /堕落的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "xié'è de",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "邪惡的 /邪恶的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "neřestný"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "malvirta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "paheellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "vicieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "manḳieri",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "მანკიერი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "bic̣ieri",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "ბიწიერი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "uzneo",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "უზნეო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "böse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "boshaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "übel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "unmoralisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "lang_code": "got",
      "roman": "unmanariggws",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "𐌿𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "erkölcstelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ig",
      "lang": "Igbo",
      "lang_code": "ig",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "ajọ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "ainbhéasach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "coirpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "drochmhúinte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "duáilceach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "mínáireach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "oilbhéasach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "olc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "dishonest, crooked",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "akutoku",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "translation": "dishonest, crooked",
      "word": "悪徳"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "corrupt, depraved",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "daraku shita",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "translation": "corrupt, depraved",
      "word": "堕落した"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "lang_code": "jv",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "ganas"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "vitiosus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "poróčnyj",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "поро́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "vicioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "illvillig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "elak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "ond"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "omoralisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "ahlaksız"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "kötü"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "muzır"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity",
      "word": "gwydus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vicious"
}

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