vicious

Meanings

• (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
  • "vicious kicks"
• having the nature of vice
• bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
• marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
  • "vicious gossip"

Synonyms

barbarous, brutal, condemnable, criminal, cruel, deplorable, evil, fell, poisonous, reprehensible, roughshod, savage, venomous