"viciousness" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-viciousness.wav [Southern-England] Forms: viciousnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English viciousnesse; equivalent to vicious + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|viciousnesse}} Middle English viciousnesse, {{suffix|en|vicious|ness}} vicious + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} viciousness (countable and uncountable, plural viciousnesses)
  1. the characteristic of being vicious Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: viciosity, vitiosity Translations (the characteristic of being vicious): порочност (poročnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 邪恶 (xié'è) (Chinese Mandarin), 不道德 (bùdàodé) (Chinese Mandarin), brutaleco (Esperanto), viciozeso (Ido)
    Sense id: en-viciousness-en-noun-yrnrKKNo Disambiguation of 'the characteristic of being vicious': 99 1
  2. the desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty): 恶意 (èyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 险恶 (xiǎn'è) (Chinese Mandarin), saña [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-viciousness-en-noun-pSkwMtdl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 8 92 Disambiguation of 'the desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty': 1 99

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