vile

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• /vaɪ(ə)l/
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From Middle English vile, vyle, vyl, from Anglo-Norman ville, Old French vil, vile, from Latin vīlis.

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: وضيع (waḍyʕ) — morally low
• Armenian: զազրելի (zazreli) — morally low
• Armenian: նողկալի (noġkali) — morally low
• Armenian: ստոր (stor) — morally low
• Armenian: պիղծ (piġc) — morally low
• Belarusian: паскудны (paskudny) — morally low
• Belarusian: гнюсны (hnjusny) — morally low
• Belarusian: нізкі (nizki) — morally low
• Belarusian: подлы (pódly) — morally low
• Bulgarian: низък (nizǎk) — morally low
• Bulgarian: долен (dolen) — morally low
• Bulgarian: подъл (podǎl) — morally low
• Catalan: vil — morally low
• Chinese Mandarin: 卑鄙 (bēibǐ) — morally low
• Czech: hnusný — morally low
• Czech: odporný — morally low
• Dutch: verachtelijk — morally low
• Esperanto: malnobla — morally low
• Finnish: katala — morally low
• Finnish: alhainen — morally low
• French: vil — morally low
• Galician: vil — morally low
• Georgian: უნამუსო (unamuso) — morally low
• Georgian: საძაგელი (saʒageli) — morally low
• Georgian: საზიზღარი (sazizɣari) — morally low
• Georgian: ბილწი (bilc̣i) — morally low
• German: abscheulich — morally low
• German: gemein — morally low
• German: schnöde — morally low
• Greek: πρόστυχος (próstychos) — morally low
• Greek: χυδαίος (chydaíos) — morally low
• Hungarian: hitvány — morally low
• Hungarian: aljas — morally low
• Icelandic: viðbjóðslegur — morally low
• Icelandic: andstyggilegur — morally low
• Italian: abietto — morally low
• Italian: basso — morally low
• Italian: ignobile — morally low
• Japanese: 卑しい (iyashii) — morally low
• Japanese: 汚い (kitanai) — morally low
• Japanese: 卑劣な (hiretsu na) — morally low
• Khmer: ទាប (tiep) — morally low
• Korean: 사악한 (saakhan) — morally low
• Latvian: zemisks — morally low
• Latvian: nekrietns — morally low
• Latvian: netikumisks — morally low
• Latvian: netikumīgs — morally low
• Macedonian: низок (nizok) — morally low
• Macedonian: долен (dolen) — morally low
• Macedonian: омразен (omrazen) — morally low
• Old English: earg — morally low
• Polish: podły — morally low
• Polish: niecny — morally low
• Polish: nikczemny — morally low
• Portuguese: vil — morally low
• Russian: гну́сный (gnúsnyj) — morally low
• Russian: по́длый (pódlyj) — morally low
• Russian: ни́зкий (nízkij) — morally low
• Russian: ме́рзкий (mérzkij) — morally low
• Spanish: vil — morally low
• Turkish: alçak — morally low
• Ottoman Turkish: آلچاق (alçak) — morally low
• Ottoman Turkish: رذیل (rezil) — morally low
• Ottoman Turkish: ذلیل (zelil) — morally low
• Bulgarian: гаден (gaden) — causing repulsion
• Bulgarian: противен (protiven) — causing repulsion
• Czech: odporný — causing repulsion
• Czech: děsný — causing repulsion
• Czech: ohavný — causing repulsion
• Finnish: inhottava — causing repulsion
• Hungarian: ocsmány — causing repulsion
• Hungarian: visszataszító — causing repulsion
• Hungarian: undorító — causing repulsion
• Plautdietsch: niedatrajchtich — causing repulsion
• Portuguese: vil — causing repulsion
• Portuguese: torpe — causing repulsion
• Portuguese: abjeto — causing repulsion
• Portuguese: abjecto — causing repulsion