Synonyms for viciousness
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The characteristic of being vicious.
- n. 2
The desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty.
Forms
- Plural
- viciousnesses → savageries, brutalities, cruelties, viciosities…
Example sentences
- cruelty The prisoners were treated with monstrous cruelty.
- brutality Mennad has never seen any atrocities or brutality.
- savagery I don't tolerate savagery, much less in a country that claims to be democratic.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| viciousness | rising | |
| cruelty | rising | |
| brutality | rising | |
| savagery | rising | |
| ferociousness | rising | |
| evilness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sin1
- 7 letters
- cruelty2
- 8 letters
- savagery4, evilness
- 9 letters
- brutality4, viciosity, vitiosity
- 13 letters
- ferociousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cruelty2 = 2 syllables).