Word Frequency
vile (vaɪl
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Definitions
adjective
- abominably wicked; shameful or evil ⇒
the vile development of slavery appalled them
- morally despicable; ignoble ⇒
vile accusations
- disgusting to the senses or emotions; foul ⇒
a vile smell
,vile epithets
- tending to humiliate or degrade ⇒
only slaves would perform such vile tasks
- unpleasant or bad ⇒
vile weather
- paltry ⇒
a vile reward
Derived Forms
ˈvilely adverbˈvileness noun
Word Origin
C13: from Old French vil, from Latin vīlis cheapSynonyms
View thesaurus entryTranslations for 'vile'
- British English: vile If you say that someone or something is vile, you mean that they are extremely unpleasant.The weather was vile.vaɪl ADJECTIVE
- Arabic: وَضِيع
- Brazilian Portuguese: desprezível
- Chinese: 极坏的
- Croatian: grozan
- Czech: hnusný
- Danish: afskyelig
- Dutch: walgelijk
- European Spanish: vil
- Finnish: pahaviheliäinen
- French: infect
- German: abscheulich
- Greek: πρόστυχος πρόστυχη
- Italian: disgustoso disgustosa
- Japanese: 堕落した
- Korean: 비열한
- Norwegian: sjofel
- Polish: nikczemny nikczemna
- Portuguese: desprezível
- Romanian: infam infamă, infami, infame
- Russian: подлый подлая
- Spanish: vil
- Swedish: avskyvärd avskyvärt
- Thai: ชั่วร้าย เลวร้าย
- Turkish: kokuşmuş
- Ukrainian: огидний
- Vietnamese: ghê tởm
Example Sentences Including 'vile'
"The terrorists who are seeking to destroy Iraq have struck a cruel blow with this vile act today," he said.canada.com (2004)
And we do have a vile man -- or men -- aboard or we shouldn't be in the state we are.San Andreas
As vile as they may be - as socially unacceptable as they may be - Jesus has no problems with your sins.In God's Country: travels in the Bible belt, USA.
Colin Morrell fled to Thailand in 1994 after being charged with a vile assault on the seven-year-old.Sun, News of the World (2001)
Has anyone yet put a finger on who she reminds you of - and don't pull me up for vile English.Adrienne and the Chalet School
In exchange, you may remain silent concerning -- "he grimaced `-- the activities of your vile little circle.The Last Raven
It was only once he was behind bars that Liverpool-born Mawdsley became a serial killer, murdering three men in increasingly vile attacks.Sun, News of the World (2000)
These propagandistic views of America's enemies may have been vile , but they played an important role for the military.Spiked (2003)
This is only partly because I think that kids swearing is vile and unacceptable.New Zealand Herald (2003)
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