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viciousnesses

viciousnesses is the plural of viciousness.

Meaning of viciousness

Noun

viciousness (countable and uncountable, plural viciousnesses)

  1. The characteristic of being vicious.
    Synonyms:
    viciosity, vitiosity
  2. The desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty.
    • “It is hard. And there is a level of viciousness that I was not expecting. I was not expecting the intensity of this experience, but this isn’t supposed to be easy. My father and this administration intends to be transformative, and we want to do big, bold things and we’re looking to change the...2017 June 12, Betsy Klein, quoting Ivanka Trump, “Ivanka Trump: ‘There is a level of viciousness that I was not expecting’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2017

Questions about viciousnesses

What is viciousnesses the plural of?
Viciousnesses is the plural of viciousness.

Words near viciousnesses in the dictionary

  1. vicious intromissions
  2. viciouser
  3. viciousest
  4. viciously
  5. viciousness
  6. viciousnesses
  7. vicissities
  8. vicissitous
  9. vicissitude
  10. vicissitudes
  11. vicissitudinal

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