vile
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vile
- /vaɪ(ə)l/
Sounds like vial · Rhymes with -aɪl
Where it comes from
From Middle English vile, vyle, vyl, from Anglo-Norman ville, Old French vil, vile, from Latin vīlis.
adjective viler · more vile · vilest · most vile
- Morally low; base; despicable. vile accusation
- Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid; disgusting. I glimpsed a vile squid-like creature in the depths.
noun
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That which is vile; vileness.
“I had seen those two work before—in the smoking-room the day prior to their attack on you, if I recollect it correctly, and so, knowing their methods, I am convinced that their enmity is a sufficient guarantee of the integrity of its object. Men such as they must cleave only to the vile, hating all
Similar: base, despicable, mean, ignoble, inappropriate
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: despicable, noisome, unwholesome, evil, loathsome, nauseating, nasty, wicked, offensive, sickening, ugly, foul, unworthy, nauseous, filthy, inclement
Translations
Every language
noun morally low
| Español | vil |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사악한 saakhan |
| 日本語 | 卑しい iyashii, 汚い kitanai, 卑劣な hiretsu na |
| 中文 | 卑鄙 bēibǐ |
| Português | vil |
| Français | vil |
| Deutsch | gemein, schnöde, verachtenswert |
| Italiano | abietto, basso, ignobile |
| Ελληνικά | πρόστυχος próstychos, χυδαίος chydaíos |
| Русский | гну́сный gnúsnyj, по́длый pódlyj, ни́зкий nízkij, ме́рзкий mérzkij |
| العربية | وضيع waḍyʕ |
noun causing repulsion
| Português | vil, torpe, abjeto, abjecto |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | widerwärtig, abscheulich |
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title = {vile},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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