Antonyms for viciousness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : vish-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɪʃ əs |
Definition of viciousness
Origin :- early 14c. (implied in viciously), "of the nature of vice, wicked," from Anglo-French vicious, Old French vicieus, from Latin vitiosus "faulty, defective, corrupt," from vitium "fault" (see vice (n.1)). Meaning "inclined to be savage or dangerous" is first recorded 1711 (originally of animals, especially horses); that of "full of spite, bitter, severe" is from 1825. In law, "marred by some inherent fault" (late 14c.), hence also this sense in logic (c.1600); cf. vicious circle in reasoning (c.1792, Latin circulus vitiosus), which was given a general sense of "a situation in which action and reaction intensify one another" by 1839.
- noun malevolence
- This is the root of the viciousness of the whole French school.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
- I think that the first approach to viciousness of color in 17.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
- Lying, and treacherous disloyalty, and viciousness, and spite.
- Extract from : « The Man the Martians Made » by Frank Belknap Long
- "He said to me something that made me angry," she replied, with a touch of viciousness.
- Extract from : « The Crooked House » by Brandon Fleming
- Peden's emporium of viciousness was a notable establishment in its day.
- Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden
- And viciousness or crime are the result of a derangement in the primary system.
- Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
- "Of viciousness and commercial calculation," continued Hurlstone hurriedly.
- Extract from : « The Crusade of the Excelsior » by Bret Harte
- His errors were errors of unprofitableness, but never of viciousness.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch » by Talbot Baines Reed
- I had no notion at the time of the reason for Hedwige's viciousness.
- Extract from : « The Belovd Vagabond » by William J. Locke
- They came at Randall with a viciousness that argued well for their spirit.
- Extract from : « A Quarter-Back's Pluck » by Lester Chadwick
Synonyms for viciousness
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