Vocabulary
Vicious
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
deliberately cruel or violent.
Urdu meaning
شیطانی، فاسق، نااہل
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Park guards throw sticks and stones at the snarling, vicious creature until it is killed, leaving the boy with bleeding arms, legs, and face.
- This lack of financial capacity creates a vicious cycle of poverty and disaster.
- In the latter instance, tensions between the two allies have taken a vicious political turn, with Trump slapping a 50 per cent tariff on all Indian exports to the US.
- A vicious cycle sets off with finger-pointing, mixed messages and unproductive communication, creating barriers that causes disengagement and students become the crux of collateral damage.
- The supplicants witnessed with silent self-recrimination, for example, the chains and the fetters put on fellow Indians by the mindlessly vicious deity.
Synonyms
brutal, ferocious, savage, violent, dangerous, ruthless,
Antonyms
gentle, kindly, benevolent
Curator example
“a vicious assault”
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