Thesaurus / vile
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It is a vile world because it is an under-educated world, unreasonable, suspicious, base and ferocious.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSWhile he grieved over the loss of our little one, you conceived a vile plot to 'get even,' Oh, you—liar!
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXLet no opportunity be missed of exposing the true character of the vile and selfish agitators of the Anti-corn-law league.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSBut she was his mother, and even her harsh nature shuddered before the task of instructing him in this vile thing.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIAnd having not the use of feet they are carried upon shoulders, declaring to men how vile they are.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSVile aniseed brandy—liquid fire—was sold cheap, and many a man who began the day cool and sober ended it as a raving madman.
THE CHEQUERSJAMES RUNCIMANThe fanatical Fra Rupert and the low, vile-tongued Catanaise are not tragic characters.
FRDRIC MISTRALCHARLES ALFRED DOWNERHer other neighbor fared little better; and in short the lady of the house made a vile impression.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 17, NO. 101, MARCH, 1866VARIOUSCould I have been led to believe that the vile mockery of the cynic was applicable to one in my forlorn and desperate situation?
MY TEN YEARS' IMPRISONMENTSILVIO PELLICOTheir profession requires vile and submissive slaves, who never have the audacity to reason.
SUPERSTITION IN ALL AGES (1732)JEAN MESLIERWORDS RELATED TO VILE
- abject
- base
- blue
- coarse
- common
- contemptible
- crass
- crumby
- dastardly
- degraded
- depraved
- despicable
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- gross
- ignoble
- ill-bred
- inelegant
- mean
- menial
- miserable
- nasty
- obscene
- off-color
- offensive
- raw
- rough
- rude
- scrubby
- scruffy
- scurvy
- servile
- sordid
- unbecoming
- uncouth
- undignified
- unrefined
- unworthy
- vile
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
- bad-tempered
- callous
- cantankerous
- churlish
- contemptible
- dangerous
- despicable
- difficult
- disagreeable
- dishonorable
- down and dirty
- evil
- formidable
- hard
- hard-nosed
- ill-tempered
- infamous
- liverish
- lousy
- malicious
- malign
- nasty
- perfidious
- pesky
- rotten
- rough
- scurrilous
- shameless
- snide
- sour
- the lowest
- treacherous
- troublesome
- ugly
- unfriendly
- unpleasant
- unscrupulous
- vexatious
- vicious
- vile
- bad-tempered
- callous
- cantankerous
- churlish
- contemptible
- dangerous
- despicable
- difficult
- dirty
- disagreeable
- dishonorable
- down
- evil
- formidable
- hard
- hard-nosed
- ignoble
- ill-tempered
- infamous
- knavish
- liverish
- lousy
- low-down and dirty
- malicious
- malign
- nasty
- perfidious
- pesky
- rotten
- rough
- rugged
- scurrilous
- shameless
- sinking
- snide
- sour
- the lowest
- touch
- treacherous
- troublesome
- ugly
- unfriendly
- unpleasant
- unscrupulous
- vexatious
- vicious
- vile
- angry
- atrocious
- bad
- baneful
- base
- beastly
- calamitous
- corrupt
- damnable
- depraved
- destructive
- disastrous
- execrable
- flagitious
- foul
- harmful
- hateful
- heinous
- hideous
- iniquitous
- injurious
- loathsome
- low
- maleficent
- malevolent
- malicious
- malignant
- nefarious
- no good
- obscene
- offensive
- pernicious
- poison
- rancorous
- reprobate
- repugnant
- repulsive
- revolting
- spiteful
- stinking
- ugly
- unpleasant
- unpropitious
- vicious
- vile
- villainous
- wicked
- wrathful
- wrong
- abhorrent
- appalling
- atrocious
- awe-inspiring
- awesome
- awful
- beastly
- dangerous
- desperate
- dire
- disastrous
- disturbing
- dread
- dreaded
- dreadful
- extreme
- fearful
- frightful
- ghastly
- gruesome
- harrowing
- hateful
- hideous
- horrendous
- horrid
- horrifying
- inconvenient
- loathsome
- monstrous
- obnoxious
- odious
- offensive
- petrifying
- poor
- repulsive
- revolting
- rotten
- serious
- severe
- shocking
- unfortunate
- unnerving
- unpleasant
- unwelcome
- vile
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