vile

UK /vaɪ(ə)l/ US /vaɪ(ə)l/
adj 2noun 1

Definitions

adj

1

Morally low; base; despicable.

vile accusation

vile man

2

Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid.

I glimpsed a vile squid-like creature in the depths.

vile taste

noun

1

That which is vile; vileness.

“I had seen those two work before—in the smoking-room the day prior to their attack on you, if I recollect it correctly, and so, knowing their methods, I am convinced that their enmity is a sufficient guarantee of the integrity of its object. Men such as they must cleave only to the vile, hating all that is noblest and best.”

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