noun
Meaning 1
The state of being vile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
vileness
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noun
Meaning 2
A vile act.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the vileness of his language surprised us
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: loathsomeness, repulsiveness, sliminess, lousiness, wickedness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: offensiveness, odiousness, distastefulness
noun
Meaning 4
the quality of being wicked
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nefariousness, wickedness, ugliness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: evil, evilness
Narrower terms: filthiness, enormity
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English vile Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English vileness From vile + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: misselijkheid — the state of being vile
- Galician: mesquindade — the state of being vile
- German: Niedertracht — the state of being vile
- German: Widerwärtigkeit — the state of being vile
- Interlingua: vilitate — the state of being vile
- Italian: nefandezza — the state of being vile
- Italian: abiettitudine — the state of being vile
- Italian: abiettezza — the state of being vile
- Italian: abbiettezza — the state of being vile
- Italian: nefandità — the state of being vile
- Latin: dēfōrmitās — the state of being vile
- Latin: nēquitia — the state of being vile
- Latin: indignitas — the state of being vile
- Latvian: zemiskums — the state of being vile
- Manx: dwoaieid — the state of being vile
- Romanian: infamie — the state of being vile
- Romanian: ticăloșie — the state of being vile
- Romanian: mișelie — the state of being vile
- Romanian: josnicie — the state of being vile
- Russian: ме́рзость (mérzostʹ) — the state of being vile
- Ottoman Turkish: رذالت (rezâlet) — the state of being vile
- German: Schändlichkeit — a vile act
- German: Abscheulichkeit — a vile act