vicious

  • 51vicious circle — A vicious circle is a sequence of events that make each other worse someone drinks because they are unhappy at work, then loses their job... Vicious cycle is also used …

    The small dictionary of idiomes

  • 52vicious circle — UK / US or vicious cycle UK / US noun [singular] a process in which the existence of a problem causes other problems, and this makes the original problem worse the vicious circle of unemployment and homelessness …

    English dictionary

  • 53vicious cycle — vicious circle UK / US or vicious cycle UK / US noun [singular] a process in which the existence of a problem causes other problems, and this makes the original problem worse the vicious circle of unemployment and homelessness …

    English dictionary

  • 54vicious circle — also .vicious cycle n [singular] a situation in which one problem causes another problem, that then causes the first problem again, so that the whole process continues to be repeated …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 55vicious / viscous —    Vicious means cruel and mean : A vicious dog attacked the young boy.    Viscous means thick and sticky : Honey and tar are viscous substances …

    Confused words

  • 56vicious / viscous —    Vicious means cruel and mean : A vicious dog attacked the young boy.    Viscous means thick and sticky : Honey and tar are viscous substances …

    Confused words

  • 57vicious circle — n. 1. a situation in which the solution of one problem gives rise to another, but the solution of this, or of other problems arising from it, brings back the first, often with greater involvement: also vicious cycle 2. a situation in which one… …

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  • 58Vicious Circle (hip hop band) — Vicious Circle are an underground hip hop group from Wolverhampton, consisting of rappers 10Shott and Size8. They were signed to Wolftown Recordings in the late 1990s after label co founder Tricksta found them rapping and beatboxing in the high… …

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  • 59vicious circle — principle …

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  • 60vicious circle — ► NOUN ▪ a sequence of reciprocal cause and effect in which two or more elements intensify and aggravate each other …

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