Search Result for "vicious_cycle":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first;
[syn: vicious circle, vicious cycle]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vicious cycle
    n 1: one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first
         [syn: vicious circle, vicious cycle]