vileness
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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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Noun | 1. | vileness - 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 emotions; "the vileness of his language surprised us" |
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Translations
خِسَّه، رَداءَه، فَظاعَه
hnusnost
afskyelighed
òaî aî vera andstyggilegur/vondur
iğrençlik
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
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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
vile
(vail) adjective horrible; wicked; disgusting. That was a vile thing to say!; The food tasted vile.
ˈvilely adverbˈvileness noun
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