Intemperate vs Vicious - What's the difference?
intemperate | vicious | Related terms |
Lacking moderation, temper or control.
Indulging any appetite or passion to excess, especially the drinking of alcohol.
Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.
*, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.195:
*:We may so seize on vertue, that if we embrace it with an over-greedy and violent desire, it may become vicious .
Evil, immoral or depraved.
Violent, destructive and cruel.
Savage and aggressive.
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Intemperate is a related term of vicious.
As adjectives the difference between intemperate and vicious
is that intemperate is lacking moderation, temper or control while vicious is pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.As a verb intemperate
is (obsolete|transitive) to disorder.intemperate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- intemperate''' language; '''intemperate zeal
- Bad week for: Jeremy Clarkson, who has become a hate figure in Malaysia after launching an intemperate attack on a Malaysian built car'' - ''The Week , 14 April 2007, 609 , 4.
