vileness

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vileness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vile \Vile\ (v[imac]l), a. [Comp. Viler (v[imac]l"[~e]r);
     superl. Vilest.] [OE. vil, F. vil, from L. vilis cheap,
     worthless, vile, base.]
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     1. Low; base; worthless; mean; despicable.
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              A poor man in vile raiment.           --James ii. 2.
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              The craft either of fishing, which was Peter's, or
              of making tents, which was Paul's, were [was] more
              vile than the science of physic.      --Ridley.
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              The inhabitants account gold but as a vile thing.
                                                    --Abp. Abbot.
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     2. Morally base or impure; depraved by sin; hateful in the
        sight of God and men; sinful; wicked; bad. "Such vile base
        practices." --Shak.
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              Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee ? --Job
                                                    xl. 4.
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     Syn: See Base.
          [1913 Webster] -- Vile"ly, adv. -- Vile"ness, n.
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vileness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  vileness
      n 1: the quality of being wicked [syn: nefariousness,
           wickedness, vileness, ugliness]
      2: the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions;
         "the vileness of his language surprised us" [syn:
         loathsomeness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness,
         lousiness, wickedness]