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  • 1vicious — viciously, adv. viciousness, n. /vish euhs/, adj. 1. addicted to or characterized by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate: a vicious life. 2. given or readily disposed to evil: a vicious criminal. 3. reprehensible; blameworthy; wrong: a… …

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  • 2vicious — vi|cious [ˈvıʃəs] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: vicieux, from Latin vitiosus full of faults , from vitium; VICE] 1.) violent and cruel in a way that hurts someone physically ▪ a vicious murder ▪ a vicious killer ▪ Keep away from… …

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  • 3vicious — adjective 1 violent and dangerous, and likely to hurt someone: a vicious attack | a vicious criminal | Keep away from that dog, he can be vicious. 2 cruel and deliberately trying to hurt someone s feelings or make their character seem bad: Sarah… …

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  • 4vicious — vi•cious [[t]ˈvɪʃ əs[/t]] adj. 1) addicted to or characterized by vice; immoral or evil; depraved 2) spiteful; malicious: vicious gossip[/ex] 3) unpleasantly severe or intense: a vicious headache[/ex] 4) savage; ferocious: a vicious temper[/ex]… …

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  • 5vicious — /ˈvɪʃəs / (say vishuhs) adjective 1. characterised by brutal violence: a vicious attack. 2. characterised by a brutally violent disposition. 3. addicted to or characterised by vice or immorality; depraved; profligate. 4. given or disposed to… …

  • 6vi´cious|ness — vi|cious «VIHSH uhs», adjective. 1. evil; wicked: »vicious and weak conduct, a dictator s vicious love of power. The criminal led a vicious life. 2. having bad habits or a bad disposition; fierce; savage: »a vicious horse, the vicious temper of… …

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  • 7vi´cious|ly — vi|cious «VIHSH uhs», adjective. 1. evil; wicked: »vicious and weak conduct, a dictator s vicious love of power. The criminal led a vicious life. 2. having bad habits or a bad disposition; fierce; savage: »a vicious horse, the vicious temper of… …

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  • 8vi|cious — «VIHSH uhs», adjective. 1. evil; wicked: »vicious and weak conduct, a dictator s vicious love of power. The criminal led a vicious life. 2. having bad habits or a bad disposition; fierce; savage: »a vicious horse, the vicious temper of the wicked …

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  • 9syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …

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  • 10nutritional disease — Introduction       any of the nutrient related diseases and conditions that cause illness in humans. They may include deficiencies or excesses in the diet, obesity and eating disorders, and chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease,… …

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