viciousness

[ US /ˈvɪʃəsnɪs/ ]
[ UK /vˈɪʃəsnəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. the trait of extreme cruelty
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How To Use viciousness In A Sentence

  • Those that understand that we are at war with terroristic purveyors of medieval viciousness know that we cannot reason with our adversaries.
  • We are a straightforward and self-righteous people, so we are rather good at viciousness, but lacking in irony.
  • Police were shocked by the viciousness of the assault.
  • To see moral grandeur rising out of cesspools of iniquity; to rise himself and first glimpse beauty, faint and far, through mud - dripping eyes; to see out of weakness, and frailty, and viciousness, and all abysmal brutishness, arising strength, and truth, and high spiritual endowment — Chapter 14
  • The large caliber bullets tore into the approaching enemy soldiers with viciousness.
  • The subject matter (physical and verbal bullying, a girl accused of being a "lezzie") is a little heavy for elementary school unless the child is facing that kind of intense pressure and viciousness at a younger age. Semicolon
  • If the woman falsely counterclaimed rape, then, based on the viciousness with which sex criminals are routinely treated, I think 12 years in the pokey is quite right, possibly even on the overly lenient side. The Volokh Conspiracy » Female Teacher’s Having Sex with 17-Year-Old Male Student/Teacher’s Aide = 12 Years in Prison (But Was More Involved?)
  • : transients attempt to succumb to pathos, and triumph as sad clowns in velvet. there's an oxymoron or two in there, i think. and unseen in the infinite depths of black velvet is the weight of indelible viciousness shouldered by the garish penitents. or maybe Xtreme Hobo Stick. Hobo Stick
  • The person who is the killer is the person who presses all the way and governs the viciousness of the attack.
  • His viciousness is amped to naked bloodthirstiness. Paul Slansky: The Imminent Overness of Sarah Palin
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