vicious

vicious
adjective
1) (malicious, spiteful) böse; boshaft [Äußerung]; böswillig [Versuch, Kritik]; bösartig [Äußerung, Tier]
2) (wicked) skrupellos [Tyrann, Verbrecher]; schlecht [Person]
3) (violent, severe) brutal; unerträglich [Wetter, Schmerz]
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['viʃəs]
adjective
(evil; cruel; likely to attack or cause harm: Keep back from that dog - it's vicious.) bösartig
- academic.ru/93464/viciously">viciously
- viciousness
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vi·cious
[ˈvɪʃəs]
adj
1. (malicious) boshaft, gemein
\vicious attack heimtückischer Überfall
\vicious crime/murder grauenhaftes Verbrechen/grauenhafter Mord
\vicious dog bissiger Hund
\vicious fighting brutaler Kampf
\vicious gossip gehässiges Gerede pej
2. (causing pain) grausam
I had a \vicious headache all day yesterday ich hatte gestern den ganzen Tag über brutale Kopfschmerzen fam
3. (nasty) gemein
\vicious look böser Blick
4. (fig: powerful) schrecklich
we had a \vicious bout of gastro-enteritis in the family meine ganze Familie lag mit einer fiesen Magen-Darm-Grippe danieder
\vicious wind heftiger Wind
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['vɪʃəs]
adj
1) animal bösartig; dog bissig; blow, kick, gang, attack, crime, criminal brutal; murder grauenhaft, brutal; campaign bösartig, gemein

that animal can be vicious — das Tier kann heimtückisch sein

to have a vicious temper — jähzornig sein

2) (= nasty) gemein, boshaft; remark boshaft, gehässig; look boshaft, böse

to have a vicious tongue — eine böse or spitze Zunge haben

3) habit lasterhaft
4) (inf: strong, nasty) headache fies (inf), gemein (inf)
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vicious [ˈvıʃəs] adj (adv viciously)
1. lasterhaft, verderbt, unmoralisch
2. verwerflich
3. bösartig, boshaft, tückisch, gemein:
vicious foul SPORT böses oder übles Foul;
a vicious tongue eine böse Zunge
4. heftig, wild (Schlag etc)
5. fehler-, mangelhaft (beide auch JUR):
vicious manuscript;
vicious style schlechter Stil
6. umg böse, scheußlich, fürchterlich, ekelhaft (Kopfschmerzen etc)
7. bösartig, bissig (Tier)
8. obs schädlich (Luft etc)
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adjective
1) (malicious, spiteful) böse; boshaft [Äußerung]; böswillig [Versuch, Kritik]; bösartig [Äußerung, Tier]
2) (wicked) skrupellos [Tyrann, Verbrecher]; schlecht [Person]
3) (violent, severe) brutal; unerträglich [Wetter, Schmerz]
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adj.
lasterhaft adj.

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