viciously
In savage manner
Viciously means in a cruel, violent, or savagely aggressive manner: The dog attacked viciously, She was viciously beaten.
It extends to verbal or social cruelty: He was viciously mocked by his classmates.
The word can also intensify something harsh or extreme: a viciously cold wind, viciously competitive market.
Fierce and untamed
- ferociousExtremely violent or aggressive
- barbaricSavagely cruel, uncivilized
- violentInvolving physical force
- bloodthirstyEager to kill
bestial · monstrous · fiendish · sadistic · cruel · inhuman · brutish · uncivilized
With desire to harm
- malevolentlyWith harmful intent
- vindictivelyWith desire for revenge
- venomouslyWith poisonous hostility
- nastilyIn a malicious way
hatefully · meanly · cruelly · malignantly · poisonously · bitingly · cuttingly · scathingly
With intense aggression
- ferociouslyIn a savage manner
- combativelyIn a confrontational manner
- hostilelyIn an antagonistic manner
- pugnaciouslyIn a quarrelsome manner
belligerently · threateningly · menacingly · antagonistically · confrontationally · offensively · provocatively · truculently
Lacking any compassion
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
- cold-bloodedUnfeeling or externally heated
- remorselessLacking guilt or pity
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
heartless · callous · unsparing · relentless · implacable · unforgiving · unmerciful · harshly
savage
Fierce and untamed
- ferociousExtremely violent or aggressive
- barbaricSavagely cruel, uncivilized
- violentInvolving physical force
bloodthirsty · bestial · monstrous · fiendish · sadistic · cruel · inhuman · brutish · uncivilized · barbarous
spitefully
With desire to harm
- malevolentlyWith harmful intent
- vindictivelyWith desire for revenge
- venomouslyWith poisonous hostility
nastily · hatefully · meanly · cruelly · malignantly · poisonously · bitingly · cuttingly · scathingly · wickedly
fiercely
With intense aggression
- ferociouslyIn a savage manner
- combativelyIn a confrontational manner
- hostilelyIn an antagonistic manner
pugnaciously · belligerently · threateningly · menacingly · antagonistically · confrontationally · offensively · provocatively · truculently · militantly
pitiless
Lacking any compassion
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
- cold-bloodedUnfeeling or externally heated
- remorselessLacking guilt or pity
unrelenting · heartless · callous · unsparing · relentless · implacable · unforgiving · unmerciful · harshly · sternly
viciouslygently
In a mild manner
softly · mildly · tenderly · delicately · lightly
viciouslykindly
Warmly, with goodwill
benevolently · compassionately · tenderly · lovingly · kindheartedly
- vicious cycleSelf-perpetuating harmful pattern
- vicious circleSelf-reinforcing negative loop
- vicious rumors
- Sid Vicious