viciousness

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viciousness

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Inherited from Middle English viciousnesse; equivalent to vicious + -ness.

noun viciousnesses

countable, uncountable The characteristic of being vicious.
Similar: viciosity, vitiosity
countable, uncountable The desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty. “It is hard. And there is a level of viciousness that I was not expecting. I was not expecting the intensity of this experience, but this isn’t supposed to be easy. My father and this administration intends to be transformative, and we want to do big, bold things and we’re looking to change the stat

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noun the characteristic of being vicious

中文	邪恶 xié'è, 不道德 bùdàodé

noun the desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty

Español	saña
中文	恶意 èyì, 险恶 xiǎn'è

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@misc{viciousness_2026,
  title = {viciousness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/viciousness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}