viciousness

English

Etymology

From Middle English viciousnesse; equivalent to vicious +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

viciousness (countable and uncountable, plural viciousnesses)

the characteristic of being vicious
Synonyms: viciosity, vitiosity
the desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty

Translations

the characteristic of being vicious

Bulgarian: порочност (bg) f (poročnost)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 邪恶 (zh) (xié'è), 不道德 (zh) (bùdàodé)
Esperanto: brutaleco
Ido: viciozeso (io)

the desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty

Chinese:
Mandarin: 恶意 (zh) (èyì), 险恶 (zh) (xiǎn'è)
Spanish: saña (es) f

Middle English

Noun

viciousness

Alternative form of viciousnesse

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