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Search phrase: vicious

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.ii.21Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind, Vicious, vngentle, foolish, blunt, vnkinde,
CymbelineCym V.v.65That thought her like her seeming. It had been viciousThat thought her like her seeming. It had beene vicious
HamletHam I.iv.24That – for some vicious mole of nature in them,
Henry VI Part 11H6 V.iv.35To fill the world with vicious qualities.To fill the world with vicious qualities.
Henry VIIIH8 I.ii.117They turn to vicious forms, ten times more uglyThey turne to vicious formes, ten times more vgly
King Edward IIIE3 III.iii.82To paint thy vicious and deformed cause,To painte thy vitious and deformed cause,
King LearKL I.i.227It is no vicious blot, murder or foulness,It is no vicious blot, murther, or foulenesse,
King LearKL V.iii.170The dark and vicious place where thee he gotThe darke and vitious place where thee he got,
OthelloOth III.iii.144Though I perchance am vicious in my guess –Though I perchance am vicious in my guesse
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.214Blow off thy cap. Praise his most vicious strainBlow off thy Cap: praise his most vicious straine,

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shrewdmalicious, nasty, vicious
viciousdefective, faulty, bad
viciouscaused by vice, immoral, depraved
viciousblameworthy, reprehensible, shameful

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viciousshrewd

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
VICIOUSBASICvicious adj, viciousness n

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