Function: adjective
Comparative and superlative forms: viler; vilest also more vile; most vile
1 : evil or immoral
Examples:
<vile terrorist attacks>
<a vile and cowardly act>
2 : very bad or unpleasant
Examples:
<What is that vile odor?>
<His comments were positively vile.>
<She has a vile temper.>
<(chiefly British) We've been having vile weather lately.>
Derived forms:
vilely adverb
Example:
<They were treated vilely.>
vileness noun [noncount]
Example:
<the vileness of the crime>
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