vicious

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vicious
[ˈvɪʃəs]
adjetivo
1brutal (violent) (blow, kick, attack); feroz (struggle, fight); cruel (person)
2despiadado(a) (malicious, cruel) (comment, criticism); malintencionado(a) (gossip); cruel (person)
  • a vicious circle -> un círculo vicioso

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vicious [vi-shos]
adjetivo
1Vicioso, endepravado, entregado al mal (evil, cruel).
2Vicioso, defectuoso, imperfecto; (horse) asombradizo.
3Maligno, rencoroso, enconado. (Familiar) (m)
  • Vicious circle -> círculo vicioso

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vicious [ˈvɪʃəs]
adjective
1 (brutal) [+person, gang] despiadado
He was a cruel and vicious man They said he had undoubtedly been killed by a vicious gang of youths
 [+attack, assault, crime] atroz; brutal
It was a particularly nasty and vicious attack The 13-year-old boy was wrongly convicted of a vicious crime
 [+animal] agresivo; fiero
If you mistreat it, the dog will indeed become vicious and bite
a vicious-looking knife un cuchillo de aspecto horrorífico
2 (malicious) [+criticism, campaign] despiadado; cruel; [+remark] malicioso
Mr Clark has been the target of vicious criticism From their own party the criticism is considerably more vicious than from the opposition He called his rival's remarks "vicious" and his claims "reckless, irresponsible and baseless" He endured a vicious campaign by animal rights extremists
to have a vicious temper tener muy mal genio; to have a vicious tongue tener una lengua viperina
She has a shrewish temperament and vicious tongue
modifier
vicious circle (n) círculo vicioso; (m)
When sales go down, advertising falls, and when advertising falls, papers may put up their prices, so sales fall again. It's a vicious circle
to be caught in a vicious circle estar atrapado en un círculo vicioso
Mexico, like many other debtor nations, is caught in a vicious circle The GCSE's admirers believe that schools are caught in a vicious circle: damned if performance improves, damned if it does not The drinking and the guilt fed on each other in a vicious cycle For millions of human beings caught in this vicious cycle of attack and revenge there was only one salvation: flight

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