Synonyms: venomous, vicious, poisonous
Definition: marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
Usage: poisonous hate; venomous criticism; vicious gossip
Similar words: malicious
Definition: having the nature of or resulting from malice
Usage: malicious gossip; took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince- Rudyard Kipling
Synonyms: brutal, barbarous, cruel, vicious, savage, roughshod, fell
Definition: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
Usage: a barbarous crime; brutal beatings; cruel tortures; Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks; a savage slap; vicious kicks
Similar words: inhumane
Definition: lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion
Usage: humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world; biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used
Synonyms: vicious, reprehensible, condemnable, criminal, deplorable
Definition: bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
Usage: a criminal waste of talent; a deplorable act of violence; adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife
Similar words: wrong
Definition: contrary to conscience or morality or law
Usage: it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor; cheating is wrong; it is wrong to lie
Definition: having the nature of vice
Similar words: wicked
Definition: morally bad in principle or practice