viciousness

English

Etymology

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

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

Chinese:
Mandarin: 邪恶 (zh), 不道德 (zh)

Esperanto: brutaleco
Ido: viciozeso (io)

the desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty

Chinese:
Mandarin: 恶意 (zh), 险恶 (zh)

Middle English

Noun

viciousness

Alternative form of viciousnesse

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