vileness

vile (v

adj. vil·er, vil·est

1. Loathsome; disgusting: vile language.

2. Unpleasant or objectionable: vile weather. See Synonyms at offensive.

a. Contemptibly low in worth or account; second-rate.

b. Of mean or low condition.

4. Miserably poor and degrading; wretched: a vile existence.

5. Morally depraved; ignoble or wicked: a vile conspiracy.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin vlis, cheap, worthless; see wes-³ in Indo-European roots.]

vilely adv.

vileness n.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	vileness - the quality of being wicked nefariousness, ugliness, wickedness evilness, evil - the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world" filthiness - moral corruption or pollution; "this deformity and filthiness of sin" enormity - the quality of extreme wickedness
	2.	vileness - the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions; "the vileness of his language surprised us" loathsomeness, repulsiveness, sliminess, lousiness, wickedness odiousness, offensiveness, distastefulness - the quality of being offensive

Translations

vileness [ˈvaɪlnɪs] N [of person, behaviour, action] → vileza f

vileness

n → Abscheulichkeit f; (of thoughts) → Niederträchtigkeit f; (of smell) → Widerwärtigkeit f; (of language) → Unflätigkeit f; (of weather) → Scheußlichkeit f; the vileness of his mood → seine Übellaunigkeit

Mentioned in	?		References in classic literature	?		Dictionary browser	?		Full browser	?
badness distastefulness enormity evil Evilness faithless faithlessly faithlessness Fedity filth filthiness indecency loathsomeness Lousiness meanness nefariousness obscenity odiousness offensiveness	Several of Ibsen's plays were on the repertory for the winter; Sudermann's Die Ehre was then a new play, and on its production in the quiet university town caused the greatest excitement; it was extravagantly praised and bitterly attacked; other dramatists followed with plays written under the modern influence, and Philip witnessed a series of works in which the vileness of mankind was displayed before him. Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context Wilson laid his hand on the shoulder of a pale young man beside him -- "I have sought, I say, to persuade this godly youth, that he should deal with you, here in the face of Heaven, and before these wise and upright rulers, and in hearing of all the people, as touching the vileness and blackness of your sin. The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context he wondered, puzzled by the effort to reconcile his instinctive disgust at human vileness with his equally instinctive pity for human frailty. The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context	vigorish Vigorite vigoro vigoroso vigorous vigorously vigour vihuela VII VIII Viipuri Vijayawada Viking Vikingism Viktor Korchnoi Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi Viktor Vasarely vil. Vila Vilany vilayet Vild vile Viled vilely vileness Vileyns Vilfredo Pareto vilification Vilifier vilify vilipend Vilipendency Vility Vill Villa Villa Hermosa villa home Villa-Lobos Villach Villadom village Village cart village college village green villager Villagery villagism Villahermosa villain villainage	Vîlcea Vilcha Vilcina, Velta Vilcina, Velta Einovna Vild Vild Vilde, Eduard Vilde, Irina Vildrac Vildrac, Charles vile vile vile vile Vile Parle Mahila Sangh Vile Temptress Vile Temptress and Depraved Women League Vile village Viled Viled Viled Vileika vilely vilely Vilem Mathesius Vilém Mathesius Vilém Mrštík Vilem Mrstik Vilem Zavada Vilem Závada vileness Vilenkin, Vitaliiiakovlevich Vilenskii, Zinovii Vilenskii, Zinovii Moiseevich viler viler vilest vilest Vilev, Mikhail Vilev, Mikhail Anatolevich Vileyka Vileyns VILF Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto Vilfredo Pareto Vilfredo Pareto Vilgelm Bitner Vilgelm Dellen Vilgelm Georgievich Knorin Vilgelm Karlovich Dellen Vilgelm Kazimir Vilgelmovich Bitner Vilgelm Knorin Vilgelm Kyukhelbeker Vilhelm Bjerknes Vilhelm Frimann Koren Bjerknes Vilhelm Ludvig Thomsen Vilhelmas Vydunas Vilhelms Karlis Purvitis

Mentioned in

References in classic literature

Dictionary browser

Full browser

badness
distastefulness
enormity
evil
Evilness
faithless
faithlessly
faithlessness
Fedity
filth
filthiness
indecency
loathsomeness
Lousiness
meanness
nefariousness
obscenity
odiousness
offensiveness

Several of Ibsen's plays were on the repertory for the winter; Sudermann's Die Ehre was then a new play, and on its production in the quiet university town caused the greatest excitement; it was extravagantly praised and bitterly attacked; other dramatists followed with plays written under the modern influence, and Philip witnessed a series of works in which the vileness of mankind was displayed before him.

Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

Wilson laid his hand on the shoulder of a pale young man beside him -- "I have sought, I say, to persuade this godly youth, that he should deal with you, here in the face of Heaven, and before these wise and upright rulers, and in hearing of all the people, as touching the vileness and blackness of your sin.

The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

he wondered, puzzled by the effort to reconcile his instinctive disgust at human vileness with his equally instinctive pity for human frailty.

The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context

vileness playV2('en/US/sh/shssdrdndtshdrsosrgk');playV2('en/UK/sh/shssdrdndtshdrsosrgk')

vileness