Synonyms of viciousness

viciousness

noun

1

as in malice

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 & Similar Words

• malice
• venom
• cruelty
• hatred
• hatefulness
• maliciousness
• meanness
• spite
• malevolence
• hostility
• spitefulness
• malignity
• jealousy
• malignancy
• contempt
• nastiness
• bitterness
• disgust
• spleen
• malignance
• despite
• hate
• disdain
• cattiness
• animosity
• antagonism
• vindictiveness
• abusiveness
• enmity
• resentment
• abhorrence
• rancor
• loathing
• distaste
• antipathy
• revulsion
• horror
• abomination
• repulsion
• vengefulness
• repugnance
• mean-spiritedness
• jaundice
• grudge
• virulence
• ill will
• invidiousness
• execration
• bile
• scorn
• vitriol
• bitchiness
• aversion
• bitchery
• despicableness
• pique

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• love
• devotion
• passion
• friendliness
• civility
• hospitality
• amiability
• cordiality
• amity
• infatuation
• worship
• adoration
• ardor
• kindness
• affection
• veneration
• sympathy
• understanding
• amicability
• friendship
• kindliness
• charity
• empathy
• goodwill
• comity

2

as in cruelty

disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others

the unspeakable viciousness of some dictators in the past

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cruelty
• brutality
• savagery
• atrocity
• barbarity
• sadism
• savageness
• heartlessness
• inhumanity
• cruelness
• murderousness
• fiendishness
• truculence
• wantonness
• barbarousness
• ruthlessness
• inhumanness
• ferocity
• mercilessness
• atrociousness
• meanness
• ferociousness
• fierceness
• pitilessness
• grimness
• bloodthirstiness
• oppressiveness
• malevolence
• spitefulness
• maliciousness
• hatefulness
• bloodlust
• malignity
• hard-heartedness
• unfeelingness
• sanguinity
• harshness
• nastiness
• fellness
• cattiness
• heavy-handedness
• despitefulness
• sanguineness
• hardhandedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sympathy
• compassion
• kindness
• humanity
• humaneness
• benignity
• tenderness
• warmth
• tenderheartedness
• kindheartedness
• good-heartedness
• warmness
• pity
• mercy
• leniency
• clemency
• warmheartedness
• charitableness
• mercifulness