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English Dictionary: vile	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for vile
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vile adj morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar" Synonym(s): despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" Synonym(s): nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vile \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. [bd]Such vile base practices.[b8] --Shak. Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee ? --Job xl. 4. Syn: See {Base}. -- {Vile"ly}, adv. -- {Vile"ness}, n.