vicious

Adjective
  1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering (synset 301266123)
    "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
    similar to: inhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion
    same as: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage
  2. Having the nature of vice (synset 302524157)
    similar to: wicked - morally bad in principle or practice
    same as: evil
  3. Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure (synset 302043172)
    "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"
    similar to: wrong - contrary to conscience or morality or law
    same as: condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible
  4. Marked by deep ill will;
    Deliberately harmful (synset 300227697)
    "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"
    similar to: malicious - having the nature of or resulting from malice
    same as: poisonous, venomous

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