(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; a barbarous crime; brutal beatings; cruel tortures; Stalins roughshod treatment of the kulaks; a savage slap; vicious kicks

[ Syn: barbarous , brutal , cruel , fell , roughshod , savage ]

having the nature of vice

[ Syn: evil ]

bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; a criminal waste of talent; a deplorable act of violence; adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife

[ Syn: condemnable , criminal , deplorable , reprehensible ]

marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; poisonous hate; venomous criticism; vicious gossip

[ Syn: poisonous , venomous ]