vileness
2
8.0
- noun
- /ˈvaɪlnəs/
:
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- One is prepared to condone any possible vileness of the inhabitants.
- such vileness
Your nation is about to descend into greater vileness than ever.
- Your nation is about to descend into greater vileness than ever.
- It's also dangerous to make him see his greatness too clearly apart from his vileness.
Examples
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I hated myself for such vileness.
Fiction book (1996) -
Your nation is about to descend into greater vileness than ever.
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Now I would like you to respond, but without the vileness and personal attacks, as I am concerned for your soul and eternal life.
Blog text (22) -
The grave is the only cure for our vileness.
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I've known you less than a week, and you expect me to accept this horror story, this vileness as fact?
Fiction book (1999) -
Its nineteenth-century vileness is indefensible in the 21st century.
Blog text (1) -
She admired a certain priest whose great soul was capable of embracing all the vileness of the world.
Fiction book (1993) -
My reaction to you and all those saying that they prefer not to be part of the atheist community (or just of the atheist blogosphere) because of the vileness of parts of it is to say that it is our job as a community to make it a welcoming community, and we can't expect people to want in until we do so.
Blog text (2) -
The vileness of his actions shocked everyone at the event.
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Her vileness was evident in the malicious way she spoke about her colleagues.
Synonyms
28
5.2
A state of being morally wrong or evil
20
4.6
A quality of being morally bad or cruel
9
8.9
Great evil that shocks people
8
6.5
A quality of doing very bad things and wanting to harm people
7
6.0
A very unpleasant quality that makes people feel bad
4
3.4
The state of being unpleasant, harmful or wrong
3
5.0
A strong unpleasant quality that makes people uncomfortable
2
6.3
Extreme ugliness that makes people feel shocked or disgusted
2
8.0
Being very rude and annoying to other people
1
7.9
Very bad and immoral behavior that harms other people
1
6.6
A state when something is very bad and frightening
1
5.6
A rude or crude way of acting, speaking and dressing
1
9.5
The quality of being very evil and cruel that shocks people
1
8.8
A state of being dirty and morally bad
1
5.9
A very unpleasant, shocking state that causes fear or disgust
1
6.5
How gross or unpleasant something is
1
8.4
Doing things on purpose that are wrong or against what others expect
1
9.6
Very evil behaviour that harms other people
1
9.9
Very bad actions that break the law
1
9.8
A quality of being very bad and shocking
1
8.4
Very cruel and evil actions that harm people
1
9.3
A behavior that people find morally wrong or offensive
1
9.1
A strong feeling that something is very unpleasant or disgusting
1
7.0
A strong feeling of disgust that makes you want to move away
1
8.7
Cruel or very mean behavior towards other people
Being very bad and cruel to other people
A very cruel way of behaving that shows no kindness
Very cruel actions that shock people
The quality of being very ugly or cruel in a way that shocks people
A quality of being very unpleasant and causing strong dislike
A very unpleasant quality that shocks people
Being unpleasant or offensive and making people feel dislike
A look or feeling that seems threatening
Antonyms
How Unpleasant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Vileness comes from the old Latin word vilis, which meant 'cheap' or 'worthless', and you can see the same idea in the English word vile. So vileness describes something seen as low, morally bad, or very disgusting.