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viciousness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of viciousness

1 the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm
  • Simple viciousness can be the only reason for spreading such vile, unfounded rumors.
Synonyms of viciousness

cattiness, despite, hatefulness, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignance, malignancy, malignity, meanness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness, spleen, venom
Words Related to viciousness

abusiveness, cruelty

abhorrence, abomination, execration, hate, hatred, loathing

animosity, antagonism, antipathy, bitterness, enmity, grudge, hostility, ill will, jaundice, mean-spiritedness, rancor, resentment

despicableness, invidiousness

vengefulness, vindictiveness

aversion, disgust, distaste, horror, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion

contempt, disdain

jealousy, pique, resentment, scorn

bile, rancor, virulence, vitriol
Near Antonyms of viciousness

devotion, love, passion

amiability, amicability, amity, civility, cordiality, friendliness, hospitality

adoration, ardor, infatuation, veneration, worship

affection, charity, kindliness, kindness

comity, empathy, friendship, goodwill, sympathy, understanding
2 disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others
  • the unspeakable viciousness of the architects of the Holocaust
Synonyms of viciousness

atrociousness, atrocity, barbarity, barbarousness, brutality, cruelty, fiendishness, heartlessness, inhumanity, inhumanness, sadism, savageness, savagery, truculence, wantonness
Words Related to viciousness

hard-heartedness, mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness, unfeelingness

ferociousness, ferocity, fierceness, grimness

bloodlust, bloodthirstiness, murderousness, sanguineness, sanguinity

cattiness, hatefulness, malevolence, maliciousness, malignity, meanness, nastiness, spitefulness

hardhandedness, harshness, heavy-handedness, oppressiveness
Near Antonyms of viciousness

tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness, warmth

charitableness, clemency, leniency, mercifulness, mercy, pity
Antonyms of viciousness

benignity, compassion, good-heartedness, humaneness, humanity, kindheartedness, kindness, sympathy, tenderheartedness

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