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Vile Meaning & Definition
Vile Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Vile?

[adj] (informal) thoroughly unpleasant; "filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we're having"
[adj] morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"
[adj] causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Vile: despicable | evil | filthy | foul | inclement | loathsome | nasty | nauseating | nauseous | noisome | offensive | sickening | ugly | unwholesome | unworthy | wicked

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Vile In Webster's Dictionary

\Vile\, a. [Comp. {Viler}; superl. {Vilest}.] [OE. vil, F. vil, from L. vilis cheap, worthless, vile, base.] 1. Low; base; worthless; mean; despicable. A poor man in vile raiment. --James ii. 2. The craft either of fishing, which was Peter's, or of making tents, which was Paul's, were [was] more vile than the science of physic. --Ridley. The inhabitants account gold but as a vile thing. --Abp. Abbot. 2. Morally base or impure; depraved by sin; hateful; in the sight of God and men; sinful; wicked; bad. ``Such vile base practices.'' --Shak. Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee ? --Job xl. 4. Syn: See {Base}. -- {Vile"ly}, adv. -- {Vile"ness}, n.

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