vile
adjective
1.
- “would do something as despicable as murder”
- “ugly crimes”
- “the vile development of slavery appalled them”
- “a slimy little liar”
2.
- “filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we”
Origin
From Middle English vile, vyle, vyl, from Anglo-Norman ville, Old French vil, vile, from Latin vīlis.
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