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Vile

//vaɪ(ə)l// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Morally low; base; despicable.

    "vile accusation"

  2. 2
    Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid.

    "I glimpsed a vile squid-like creature in the depths."

Adjective
  1. 1
    morally reprehensible wordnet
  2. 2
    causing or able to cause nausea wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    That which is vile; vileness. uncountable

    "“I had seen those two work before—in the smoking-room the day prior to their attack on you, if I recollect it correctly, and so, knowing their methods, I am convinced that their enmity is a sufficient guarantee of the integrity of its object. Men such as they must cleave only to the vile, hating all that is noblest and best.”"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English vile, vyle, vyl, from Anglo-Norman ville, Old French vil, vile, from Latin vīlis.

Etymology 2

From Middle English vile, vyle, vyl, from Anglo-Norman ville, Old French vil, vile, from Latin vīlis.

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