"viciousness" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-viciousness.wav 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 8 92 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 98 Disambiguation of 'the desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty': 1 99

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