vicious in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for vicious in the English»French Dictionary

vicious [Brit ˈvɪʃəs, Am ˈvɪʃəs] ADJ

vicious person, animal, power, system

malfaisant

vicious speech, attack, price cut, revenge

brutal

vicious rumour, sarcasm, version, lie

malveillant

vicious circle N

vicious circle

cercle m vicieux

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to break out of routine, vicious circle

sortir de

Translations for vicious in the French»English Dictionary

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vipérin (vipérine) propos

vicious

un cercle vicieux

a vicious circle

vicieux (vicieuse) cheval

vicious

assassin (assassine) campagne

vicious

être d'une incroyable méchanceté

to be vicious ou really nasty

cycle infernal fig

vicious cycle

méchant (méchante) animal, personne

vicious

cercle vicieux

vicious circle

vicious in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for vicious in the English»French Dictionary

vicious [ˈvɪʃəs] ADJ

1. vicious (malicious):

vicious

malveillant(e)

vicious fighting

haineux(-euse)

vicious gossip

méchant(e)

2. vicious (cruel):

vicious

violent(e)

3. vicious (able to cause pain):

vicious

pervers(e)

vicious animal

méchant(e)

vicious circle N

vicious circle

cercle m vicieux

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a vicious circle

un cercle vicieux

Translations for vicious in the French»English Dictionary

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hargneux (-euse) chien

vicious

virulent(e)

vicious

vicieux (-euse) cheval

vicious

rosse critique, satire

vicious

méchant(e) animal

vicious

cycle infernal

vicious circle

vicious Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a vicious circle

un cercle vicieux

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English

But the vicious person must not love himself, since he will harm both himself and his neighbours by following his base feelings.

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Additionally, some patients in active treatment worry that the fatigue indicates treatment failure, and this anxiety may increase their fatigue in a vicious cycle.

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Test anxiety is known to develop into a vicious cycle.

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The race to the bottom becomes a vicious circle with states competing to deregulate even further resulting in major human rights problems.

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Consequently, many systems of definitions are constructed according to the vicious circle principle in such a way that authors do not produce viciously circular definitions.

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Meanwhile, smaller but vicious carnivores stalked the great herbivores.

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This meant that the most vicious gossip who spread the details around was not subject to the law, but supposedly a newspaper was.

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Blood sugars rise, dehydration ensues, and resistance to the normal effects of insulin increases further by way of a vicious circle.

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There is vicious intra-family feudal politics at play.

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This fortune he dissipated in collecting books and prints, in building, and in all kinds of extravagance except vicious ones.

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