Vile
adjective
Extremely unpleasant or bad.
He has a vile temper.
Often appears as...
- vile temper
- vile behavior
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Disapproving
adjective
Morally bad or wicked.
His vile and racist remarks.
Often appears as...
- vile remarks
- vile actions
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Formal, Disapproving
adjective
Extremely unpleasant or bad.
He has a vile temper.
Often appears as...
- vile temper
- vile behavior
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Morally bad or wicked.
His vile and racist remarks.
Often appears as...
- vile remarks
- vile actions
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Use 'vile' to express strong disapproval or revulsion, often in a dramatic way.
The food was so vile I couldn't swallow it.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Intensity
It's a powerful word that usually conveys anger or disgust when describing behavior or a situation.
They left the room in a vile mess after the party.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensory Impact
'Vile' is often used to describe something that offends the senses, especially smell and taste.
There was a vile stench coming from the trash can.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Use 'vile' to express strong disapproval or revulsion, often in a dramatic way.
The food was so vile I couldn't swallow it.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Intensity
It's a powerful word that usually conveys anger or disgust when describing behavior or a situation.
They left the room in a vile mess after the party.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensory Impact
'Vile' is often used to describe something that offends the senses, especially smell and taste.
There was a vile stench coming from the trash can.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Use 'vile' to express strong disapproval or revulsion, often in a dramatic way.
The food was so vile I couldn't swallow it.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Intensity
It's a powerful word that usually conveys anger or disgust when describing behavior or a situation.
They left the room in a vile mess after the party.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensory Impact
'Vile' is often used to describe something that offends the senses, especially smell and taste.
There was a vile stench coming from the trash can.
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Why the universe seems...
What we say -- and I include the most austerely mechanistic among us, which is probably me -- what we say is, "Vile monster, prison is too good for you." Or worse, we seek revenge, in all probability thereby triggering the next phase in an escalating cycle of counter-revenge, which we see, of course, all over the world today.
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Crystal Rasmussen: A...
and way less dramatic than vile gouts of hatred towards who you are. For me, self-hatred was about not believing things that were objectively true. It was about looking in the mirror and seeing something monstrous. It was about looking in the mirror and seeing something not deserving of love or respect from myself and others.
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Titan of terror: the...
Or the blind, idiot god Azathoth, whose destructive impulses are stalled only by the “maddening beating of vile drums and the thin monotonous whine of accursed flutes.” These beings exist beyond our conceptions of reality, their true forms as inscrutable as their motives.
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Sally Kohn: Let's try...
correctness I'm not saying it's easy an average of like five point six times per day I have to stop myself from responding to all of my hate mail with a flurry of vile profanities this whole you know sort of finding a compassion and common ground with your enemies
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Teeth Chiseling PIPE...
worried about the pain in whatever life I think about that I won't get more beauty as his clan feast the shaman sharpens his tools for the main event when the chisel gets sharp it will be less painful for the person who is getting their teeth vile and it will
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Let's try emotional...
I'm not saying it's easy. An average of, like, 5.6 times per day I have to stop myself from responding to all of my hate mail with a flurry of vile profanities. This whole finding compassion and common ground with your enemies thing
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"Where Love Is Illegal":...
vile and vocal. But, sadly, across the continent, there was wide spread support for these homophobic laws, and it became a very difficult topic for me with my African friends. Sadly, people that I respected
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Why Are Wild Parrots...
Craigslist parrots wanted it's a big business down here it is a vile horrible big business the major means they use to to get these birds is that they climb
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Why are cockroaches so...
In the Egyptian Book of the Dead, there’s a banishment spell that declares, “Be far from me, O vile cockroach.”
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Crayfish Turf Wars PIPE...
the move in made a vile red swamp has moved on a signals patch a punch up is inevitable
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Why the universe seems...
What we say -- and I include the most austerely mechanistic among us, which is probably me -- what we say is, "Vile monster, prison is too good for you." Or worse, we seek revenge, in all probability thereby triggering the next phase in an escalating cycle of counter-revenge, which we see, of course, all over the world today.
Video examples
Crystal Rasmussen: A...
and way less dramatic than vile gouts of hatred towards who you are. For me, self-hatred was about not believing things that were objectively true. It was about looking in the mirror and seeing something monstrous. It was about looking in the mirror and seeing something not deserving of love or respect from myself and others.
Video examples
Titan of terror: the...
Or the blind, idiot god Azathoth, whose destructive impulses are stalled only by the “maddening beating of vile drums and the thin monotonous whine of accursed flutes.” These beings exist beyond our conceptions of reality, their true forms as inscrutable as their motives.
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Sally Kohn: Let's try...
correctness I'm not saying it's easy an average of like five point six times per day I have to stop myself from responding to all of my hate mail with a flurry of vile profanities this whole you know sort of finding a compassion and common ground with your enemies
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Teeth Chiseling PIPE...
worried about the pain in whatever life I think about that I won't get more beauty as his clan feast the shaman sharpens his tools for the main event when the chisel gets sharp it will be less painful for the person who is getting their teeth vile and it will
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Let's try emotional...
I'm not saying it's easy. An average of, like, 5.6 times per day I have to stop myself from responding to all of my hate mail with a flurry of vile profanities. This whole finding compassion and common ground with your enemies thing
Video examples
"Where Love Is Illegal":...
vile and vocal. But, sadly, across the continent, there was wide spread support for these homophobic laws, and it became a very difficult topic for me with my African friends. Sadly, people that I respected
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Why Are Wild Parrots...
Craigslist parrots wanted it's a big business down here it is a vile horrible big business the major means they use to to get these birds is that they climb
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Why are cockroaches so...
In the Egyptian Book of the Dead, there’s a banishment spell that declares, “Be far from me, O vile cockroach.”
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Crayfish Turf Wars PIPE...
the move in made a vile red swamp has moved on a signals patch a punch up is inevitable
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Danish Actor
What's great about 'Game of Thrones' is they change the perspective, the POV, all the time. So you will have one story told by one character and you'll go, 'Oh my God, horrible', and then maybe the season after you have the same story told but from the person you thought was just the most horrible, vile creature.
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Christopher Poole
American Businessman
I get a lot of e-mail messages from people who say thanks for giving them a place to vent, an outlet to say what they can't say in real life with friends and work colleagues - things that they know are wrong, but they still want to say. Is it right? No, of course not. People say some disgusting, vile things.
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Tatiana Maslany
Canadian Actress
Some of my favorite shows are ones where the characters are vile and human and flawed. That's what makes me want to keep watching a show, not writers telling me how to feel about characters.
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
British Writer
The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.
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Laura Ingraham
American Celebrity
The more vile the thing that's said about me, the less it affects me. It doesn't bother me at all.
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Elbert Hubbard
American Writer
If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
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Jonathan Safran Foer
American Writer
It's rarely talked about, but hunting for sport is just about as vile as we humans get.
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Benito Mussolini
Italian Politician
The mass, whether it be a crowd or an army, is vile.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
For I can raise no money by vile means.
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Danish Actor
What's great about 'Game of Thrones' is they change the perspective, the POV, all the time. So you will have one story told by one character and you'll go, 'Oh my God, horrible', and then maybe the season after you have the same story told but from the person you thought was just the most horrible, vile creature.
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Christopher Poole
American Businessman
I get a lot of e-mail messages from people who say thanks for giving them a place to vent, an outlet to say what they can't say in real life with friends and work colleagues - things that they know are wrong, but they still want to say. Is it right? No, of course not. People say some disgusting, vile things.
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Tatiana Maslany
Canadian Actress
Some of my favorite shows are ones where the characters are vile and human and flawed. That's what makes me want to keep watching a show, not writers telling me how to feel about characters.
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Albert Camus
French Philosopher
We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
British Writer
The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.
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Laura Ingraham
American Celebrity
The more vile the thing that's said about me, the less it affects me. It doesn't bother me at all.
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Elbert Hubbard
American Writer
If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
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Jonathan Safran Foer
American Writer
It's rarely talked about, but hunting for sport is just about as vile as we humans get.
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Benito Mussolini
Italian Politician
The mass, whether it be a crowd or an army, is vile.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
For I can raise no money by vile means.
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