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vile

/vaɪ(ə)l/adjective1 syllable

Vile means: causing or able to cause nausea.

Synonyms for vile19

adjective, as in causing or able to cause nausea

nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, unwholesome

adjective, as in morally reprehensible

despicable, ugly, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched, evil

also used for vile

base, mean, ignoble, inappropriate

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What does vile mean?2

adjective

1

causing or able to cause nausea“a nauseating smell”

2

morally reprehensible“would do something as despicable as murder”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with vile?14

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Vile in a sentence

  • Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile.al_ex_an_der
  • The maids complained of his drunken habits and his vile language.Hybrid
  • Killing people while they pray is the most vile thing imaginable.shekitten
  • The vile lizard wants to eat your eyes and ears!unknown
  • He was a truly vile creature and the world is better without him.shekitten
  • This bunch of sociopaths are the most vile people on earth.Amastan
  • Ernesto has too much self-love to do such a vile thing.Miktsoanit
  • Kidnapping is something only the most vile people imaginable do.rul

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of vile

as a adjective

comparative
viler
superlative
vilest