Found 2 hits - Term: vileness, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vile \vile\ vimacl, a. comp. viler vimacl"~er;
superl. vilest. oe. vil, f. vil, from l. vilis cheap,
worthless, vile, base.
1913 webster
1. low; base; worthless; mean; despicable.
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a poor man in vile raiment. --james ii. 2.
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the craft either of fishing, which was peter's, or
of making tents, which was paul's, were was more
vile than the science of physic. --ridley.
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the inhabitants account gold but as a vile thing.
--abp. abbot.
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2. morally base or impure; depraved by sin; hateful in the
sight of god and men; sinful; wicked; bad. "such vile base
practices." --shak.
1913 webster
behold, i am vile; what shall i answer thee ? --job
xl. 4.
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syn: see base.
1913 webster -- vile"ly, adv. -- vile"ness, n.
1913 webster
see also:
viler vilest base vile"ly vile"ness
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
vileness
n 1: the quality of being wicked syn: nefariousness, wickedness
2: the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
syn: loathsomeness, repulsiveness, sliminess
see also:
nefariousness wickedness loathsomeness repulsiveness sliminess
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