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- pronunciation:
- vaIl
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
viler, vilest |
| definition 1: |
extremely bad, disgusting, or unpleasant.
The vile way she spoke to her children was appalling.You'd better leave him alone; he's in a vile mood.The thieves left the house in a vile mess.There was a vile smell coming from the apartment.- synonyms:
- disgusting, repellent, repulsive
- similar words:
- abhorrent, abominable, beastly, deplorable, disagreeable, foul, loathsome, nasty, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repugnant, revolting, sickening, unpleasant
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| definition 2: |
morally base or socially objectionable.
He left his former life behind and fell into vile habits.The townspeople considered her a vile woman and refused to speak to her.- synonyms:
- base, depraved, despicable, objectionable, opprobrious, reprehensible, sordid
- similar words:
- abominable, atrocious, bad, blameworthy, contemptible, corrupt, deplorable, evil, grubby, heinous, ignoble, immoral, iniquitous, low, miscreant, nasty, nefarious, obscene, reprobate, sinful, squalid, ugly, wicked, wretched
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| definition 3: |
wretchedly poor or degraded.
Many children die from disease in these vile living conditions.- synonyms:
- abject, degraded, poor, wretched
- similar words:
- abysmal, deplorable, destitute, disagreeable, dismal, horrid, miserable, seedy, shabby, sorry, squalid
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| definition 4: |
of little worth or significance; paltry.
He handed over the vile sum that was all the money he had.- synonyms:
- paltry
- similar words:
- insignificant, measly, nugatory, piddling, pitiful, slight, trifling, trivial
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| related words: |
base, common, dastardly, grubby, hideous, ignominious, lousy, monstrous, objectionable, obscene, outrageous, profane, rank, repellent, shameful, shameless, sordid, vicious, worthless, wretched, wrong |
adverb + (adj.)vile
most, truly
(adj.)vile
+ noun
abuse,
act,
beast,
body,
brew,
caricature,
cigar,
concoction,
corruption,
coward,
creature,
crime,
deed,
enemy,
entity,
evil,
habit,
imagination,
insult,
intruder,
language,
lie,
minority,
mouth,
murderer,
odor,
pornography,
slur,
smell,
soul,
stench,
stuff,
taste,
wine
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| derivation: |
vilely (adv.) |
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