vileness
2
8.0
- noun
- /ˈvaɪlnəs/
- One is prepared to condone any possible vileness of the inhabitants.
- such vileness
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Watch on YouTubeYour 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
27
5.2
A state of being morally wrong or evil
22
4.6
A quality of being morally bad or cruel
10
3.4
The state of being unpleasant, harmful or wrong
7
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
5.0
A strong unpleasant quality that makes people uncomfortable
2
8.9
Great evil that shocks people
2
6.3
Extreme ugliness that makes people feel shocked or disgusted
2
7.9
Very bad and immoral behavior that harms other people
2
8.0
Being very rude and annoying to other people
1
6.6
A state when something is very bad and frightening
1
6.5
How gross or unpleasant something is
1
5.6
A rude or crude way of acting, speaking and dressing
1
7.0
A strong feeling of disgust that makes you want to move away
1
8.8
A state of being dirty and morally bad
1
9.5
The quality of being very evil and cruel that shocks people
1
8.4
Doing things on purpose that are wrong or against what others expect
1
5.9
A very unpleasant, shocking state that causes fear or disgust
1
8.7
Cruel or very mean behavior towards other people
1
9.6
Very evil behaviour that harms other people
1
9.8
A quality of being very bad and shocking
1
9.1
A strong feeling that something is very unpleasant or disgusting
1
9.9
Very bad actions that break the law
1
9.3
A behavior that people find morally wrong or offensive
1
7.8
The quality of being very ugly or cruel in a way that shocks people
1
8.4
Very cruel and evil actions that harm people
1
7.7
A very unpleasant quality that shocks people
1
6.1
Being unpleasant or offensive and making people feel dislike
1
9.0
A quality of being very unpleasant and causing strong dislike
1
8.8
Very cruel actions that shock people
1
9.5
A very cruel way of behaving that shows no kindness
Being very bad and cruel to other people
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.