VICIOUSLY Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

viciously

adverb

Definition of viciously

as in hatefully

in a mean or spiteful manner the administrator viciously denied me the time off that I needed to attend my dear aunt's funeral

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Recent Examples of viciously Rehire all the Black and women generals and admirals the secretary of war, who turned out to be bad at war, viciously axed. — Larry Wilson, Daily News, 7 Nov. 2026 Then a month later, Darryl was viciously attacked by an inmate. — Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2026 Poor Melanie is swarmed and viciously attacked until Mitch comes to her rescue in a scene that is visceral and frightening. — Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026 After viciously hitting step-back threes, trash talking anyone who dares tempt him and racking up two NBA scoring titles, Doncic just likes to stay home, maybe get lunch or play cards. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 He had been viciously attacked seemingly while asleep, struck multiple times in the face with a sharp, ax-like instrument, The Herald News reported. — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026 Some of the attacks were viciously personal, like about how a deceased family member deserved to die. — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026 Noa dances viciously, slamming her body raw in front of the stage. — Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026 In an early 2000s commercial, Michelob Ultra portrayed a woman getting viciously tackled in a football game at a park. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for viciously

Adverb

Black, who helped found private equity giant Apollo Global Management, accused Garcia of making maliciously false statements, citing statements the ranking member of the House oversight committee made in interviews.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2026
Those statements were false and were made maliciously, Black asserts through his lawyers.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of maliciously

Adverb

Landowners and business owners in the Big Bend region, environmentalists and others who’ve opposed the construction project were bitterly disappointed with the court’s decision.

— Rebecca Santana, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026
By the time September winds down, Hester is on a timetable all her own, out of synch with her family, detached from its cares, paradoxically and bitterly free.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of bitterly

Adverb

Elle Fanning stars as a wickedly mischievous Catherine, with Nicholas Hoult in the dual role of her husband, the petulant manchild Emperor Peter III, and his body double, Yemelyan Pugachev.

— Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
Hadid smiles wickedly at the memory of her team presenting to her huge poster boards plastered with images of herself every time she had been photographed in jeans through the years.

— Max Berlinger, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of wickedly

Adverb

But last year Sa’ar instructed Israeli diplomats to set up channels to France’s National Rally, Spain’s ultranationalist Vox party, and the far-right Sweden Democrats—all of which espouse virulently Islamophobic platforms.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
We were warned by President and Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower, along with United States Marine Major General Smedley Butler about the virulently toxic, corruptive and destabilizing influences exerted upon our government by the military industrial complex.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026