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vibes n.pl. vibrations, feelings, sensations, resonance(s), rapport,
empathy, sympathy: I felt the place had really good vibes the
minute I walked in.
vibrate v. quiver, shiver, shudder, fluctuate, quake, shake, tremble,
throb, pulsate, oscillate, pulse, reverberate, resonate, Brit
judder: The house began to vibrate, the windows rattled, and
the dishes danced off their shelves.
vicarious adj. surrogate, delegated, deputed, commissioned, assigned,
indirect, substituted: He derived vicarious pleasure from
seeing his children do the things that he no longer could.
vice n. 1 immorality, corruption, evil, badness, depravity,
degradation, degeneracy, iniquity, villainy, venality,
evil-doing, wickedness, profligacy, sin, sinfulness,
transgression: She described the town as a den of indecency,
exhibitionism, and vice. 2 flaw, defect, fault, imperfection,
blemish, shortcoming, failing, weakness, frailty, foible,
infirmity, deficiency: Rejection without due consideration is a
prejudicial vice of editors.
vice versa
adv. conversely, contrariwise, to or on the contrary, reversed,
the other way around: She made the facts fit her conclusions,
instead of vice versa.
vicinity n. area, neighbourhood, locale, vicinage, environs, locality,
precincts, purlieus, territory: All people living in the
vicinity of the nuclear plant were tested for radiation
poisoning.
vicious adj. 1 immoral, unprincipled, amoral, barbarous, corrupt, evil,
bad, base, depraved, vile, atrocious, execrable, degraded,
degrading, degenerate, venal, iniquitous, heinous, odious,
perverted, nefarious, wicked, flagitious, devilish,
diabolic(al), fiendish, monstrous, profligate, shameful,
shameless, abominable, sinful: The vicious, bloody dictatorship
on the island lasted only a dozen years. 2 malicious, spiteful,
mean, nasty, hateful, malevolent, malignant, bitter,
acrimonious, rancorous, venomous, vindictive, defamatory,
slanderous, scandalous, Slang rotten, bitchy: When they argued,