vileness

vile

 (vīl)
adj. vil·er, vil·est
1. Morally depraved; ignoble or wicked: a vile traitor; vile accusations.
2.
a. Disgusting; repulsive: vile effluent running down the city streets.
b. Unpleasant or objectionable: vile weather. See Synonyms at offensive.
3. Miserably poor and degrading; wretched: a vile existence.

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

vile′ly adv.
vile′ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.vileness - the quality of being wickedvileness - the quality of being wicked    
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 emotionsvileness - the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions; "the vileness of his language surprised us"
odiousness, offensiveness, distastefulness - the quality of being offensive
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Translations
خِسَّه، رَداءَه، فَظاعَه
hnusnost
afskyelighed
Gemeinheit
bassesse
òaî aî vera andstyggilegur/vondur
iğrençlik
可耻

vileness

[ˈvaɪlnɪs] N [of person, behaviour, action] → vileza f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

vileness

nAbscheulichkeit f; (of thoughts)Niederträchtigkeit f; (of smell)Widerwärtigkeit f; (of language)Unflätigkeit f; (of weather)Scheußlichkeit f; the vileness of his moodseine Übellaunigkeit
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vile

(vail) adjective
horrible; wicked; disgusting. That was a vile thing to say!; The food tasted vile.
ˈvilely adverb
ˈvileness noun
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