vile
157
5.0
- adjective
- /vaɪl/
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vil
- It is the most vile stain on our country.
- most vile
- become vile
- low and vile
But this is so particularly vile because we saw it.
- But this is so particularly vile because we saw it.
- It was just this outpouring of the most vile language and imagery.
- Your brain is more capable of being vile in situations that are difficult.
- But most of the time it's, it's, it's vile misogyny.
- I've never seen like the most vile side of humanity in my entire life.
- But this voice, all it says is that I'm vile.
- And this mother could sleep while her poor child was moaning all night in that vile place.
- Like was the the Commission of the crime vile and wanton?
- And I think it's vile and evil, but I love you.
- It was so Craven and vile and racist, I could not believe it.
- I mean, it, it really was the most vile document.
Examples
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Andy made some vile concoction.
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The vile smell of rotten eggs made everyone want to leave the room.
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You are a vile man.
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This is the vile crap I had to grow up with as a kid.
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Who do they think they are with their vile infected lives?
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One day, you will be as corrupt, as vile, as unhappy as they are.
Fiction book (1991) -
And this mother could sleep while her poor child was moaning all night in that vile place.
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I've never seen like the most vile side of humanity in my entire life.
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It was full of corruption and vile behavior.
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You cannot allow such vile insinuations against your character to go undenied.
Synonyms
∞
1.5
Very bad or frightening in a way that makes you feel upset
∞
1.0
Very bad or unpleasant and causing dislike
562
4.1
Very bad or mean and not liked by people
531
1.3
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making you feel sick
282
1.0
Very dirty and covered with things that smell bad
280
2.3
Very unpleasant and making you feel sick or disgusted
268
4.9
Very bad or offensive in a moral way
171
5.1
Very ugly and likely to make people feel shocked or disgusted
160
1.0
Very bad and unpleasant to experience
136
3.7
Very bad and unpleasant, often causing fear or shock
95
5.7
Very bad in a way that makes people feel strong dislike and disgust
86
4.1
A person or action that is very bad and dishonest
59
5.5
Causing strong dislike or disgust, like a very bad smell
52
4.1
A very unpleasant thing that shocks or disgusts you
48
7.8
Very bad and cruel in the way someone behaves
47
6.5
A person who is dishonest and unpleasant, so others do not trust them
42
7.8
Very unpleasant and morally wrong to most people
30
4.6
Something that makes people feel dislike or disgust
29
7.2
Something people think is morally wrong or dishonest
27
7.3
Very cruel and shocking, causing strong fear
24
7.2
Very bad or morally wrong so people strongly dislike it
23
7.7
Causing strong dislike or disgust because people see it as morally wrong
20
8.2
Very unpleasant and likely to make people feel strong dislike
20
7.7
Causing strong disgust or hatred in people
20
5.4
Deserves strong blame or dislike
15
7.1
Very bad in a moral way and deserving strong blame
10
7.9
Being very cruel and evil and making others suffer
Very unpleasant and likely to make people feel disgusted
Causing a strong feeling of dislike or making people feel sick
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
Harsh, long time in prison or suffering that someone must endure against their will
How Unpleasant
157
5.0
6
4.9
531
1.3
- Offensive
457
1.8
215
1.0
6
3.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Vile comes from the Latin vilis, which means 'cheap' or 'worthless'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of something so low in value that you feel disgust or moral anger toward it — that's why vile now means extremely unpleasant or morally bad, and it is the same root behind vilify ('to say someone is worthless').