Vile

//vaɪ(ə)l//

Synonyms for "vile" (343 found)

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Closest matches (69)

Noun(2 words)
basedespicable
Adjective(1 words)
despicable

Strong matches (103)

Adjective(1 words)
loathsome

Related words (171)

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3 entries

Related terms

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derived

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related to

8 entries

similar

2 entries

Translations

78 translations across 31 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • وضيع noun (morally low)

Armenian

4 entries
  • զազրելի noun (morally low)
  • նողկալի noun (morally low)
  • պիղծ noun (morally low)
  • ստոր noun (morally low)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • гнюсны noun (morally low)
  • нізкі noun (morally low)
  • паскудны noun (morally low)
  • подлы noun (morally low)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • гаден noun (causing repulsion)
  • долен noun (morally low)
  • низък noun (morally low)
  • подъл noun (morally low)

Catalan

1 entries
  • vil noun (morally low)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 卑鄙 noun (morally low)

Czech

4 entries
  • děsný noun (causing repulsion)
  • hnusný noun (morally low)
  • odporný noun (morally low)
  • odporný noun (causing repulsion)

Dutch

1 entries
  • verachtelijk noun (morally low)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • malnobla noun (morally low)

Finnish

3 entries
  • alhainen noun (morally low)
  • inhottava noun (causing repulsion)
  • katala noun (morally low)

French

1 entries
  • vil noun (morally low)

Galician

1 entries
  • vil noun (morally low)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ბილწი noun (morally low)
  • საზიზღარი noun (morally low)
  • საძაგელი noun (morally low)
  • უნამუსო noun (morally low)

German

3 entries
  • abscheulich noun (morally low)
  • gemein noun (morally low)
  • schnöde noun (morally low)

Greek

2 entries
  • πρόστυχος noun (morally low)
  • χυδαίος noun (morally low)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • aljas noun (morally low)
  • hitvány noun (morally low)
  • ocsmány noun (causing repulsion)
  • undorító noun (causing repulsion)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • andstyggilegur noun (morally low)
  • viðbjóðslegur noun (morally low)

Italian

3 entries
  • abietto noun (morally low)
  • basso noun (morally low)
  • ignobile noun (morally low)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 卑しい noun (morally low)
  • 卑劣な noun (morally low)
  • 汚い noun (morally low)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ទាប noun (morally low)

Korean

1 entries
  • 사악한 noun (morally low)

Latvian

4 entries
  • nekrietns noun (morally low)
  • netikumisks noun (morally low)
  • netikumīgs noun (morally low)
  • zemisks noun (morally low)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • долен noun (morally low)
  • низок noun (morally low)
  • омразен noun (morally low)

Old English

1 entries
  • earg noun (morally low)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • آلچاق noun (morally low)
  • ذلیل noun (morally low)
  • رذیل noun (morally low)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • niedatrajchtich noun (causing repulsion)

Polish

3 entries
  • niecny noun (morally low)
  • nikczemny noun (morally low)
  • podły noun (morally low)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • abjecto noun (causing repulsion)
  • abjeto noun (causing repulsion)
  • torpe noun (causing repulsion)
  • vil noun (morally low)

Russian

4 entries
  • гну́сный noun (morally low)
  • ме́рзкий noun (morally low)
  • ни́зкий noun (morally low)
  • по́длый noun (morally low)

Spanish

1 entries
  • vil noun (morally low)

Turkish

1 entries
  • alçak noun (morally low)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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What vile behavior!

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Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile.

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Ah! you're trying to escape, vile creature! you're trying to escape like a thief, in the middle of the night, eh?

Source: tatoeba (1930600)

Rotten wood is not suitable for a pillar; a vile person is not fit to be a manager.

Source: tatoeba (2494617)

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