Word Meanings - VILE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Low; base; worthless; mean; despicable. A poor man in vile raiment. James ii. 2. The craft either of fishing, which was Peter's, or of making tents, which was Paul's, were more vile than the science of physic. Ridley. The inhabitants account

Additional info about word: VILE

1. Low; base; worthless; mean; despicable. A poor man in vile raiment. James ii. 2. The craft either of fishing, which was Peter's, or of making tents, which was Paul's, were more vile than the science of physic. Ridley. The inhabitants account gold but as a vile thing. Abp. Abbot. 2. Morally base or impure; depraved by sin; hateful; in the sight of God and men; sinful; wicked; bad. "Such vile base practices." Shak. Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee Job xl. 4. Syn. -- See Base. -- Vile"ly, adv. -- Vile"ness, n.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of VILE)

• Abject
• Degraded
• outcast
• miserable
• vile
• pitiable
• worthless
• despicable
• groveling
• fawning
• squalid
• base-minded
• slavish
• beggarly
• servile
• cringing
• low
• wretched
• sordid
• Arrant
• Notorious
• consummate
• atrocious
• flagrant
• veritable
• unqualified
• utter
• infamous
• Base \adj Vile
• dishonorable
• ignoble
• worthiest
• mean
• shameful
• grovelling
• disingenuous
• disesteemed
• cheap
• corrupt
• deep
• Cheap
• Common
• inexpensive
• uncostly
• low-priced
• Contemptible
• pitiful
• disreputable
• paltry
• trifling
• trivial

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of VILE)

• Neglect
• drop
• interrupt
• nullify
• undo
• baffle
• frustrate
• mar
• defeat
• spoil
• Mend
• repair
• purify
• cleanse
• correct
• ameliorate
• better
• Recal
• suppress
• repress
• hush
• stifle
• check
• swallow

Related words: (words related to VILE)

• CHECKWORK
  Anything made so as to form alternate squares lke those of a checkerboard.
• CONSUMMATELY
  In a consummate manner; completely. T. Warton.
• STIFLED
  Stifling. The close and stifled study. Hawthorne.
• SQUALIDLY
  In a squalid manner.
• SORDIDNESS
  The quality or state of being sordid.
• INFAMOUSNESS
  The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.
• PURIFY
  1. To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air. 2. Hence, in figurative uses: To free from guilt
• CRINGLE
  An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc. (more info) 1. A withe for fastening a gate.
• CORRECTLY
  In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.
• TRIFLE
  trifle, probably the same word as F. truffe truffle, the word being 1. A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair. With such poor trifles playing. Drayton. Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmation strong
• MISERABLENESS
  The state or quality of being miserable.
• CORRUPTIONIST
  One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption. Sydney Smith.
• CHEAPLY
  At a small price; at a low value; in a common or inferior manner.
• ABJECT
  1. Cast down; low-lying. From the safe shore their floating carcasses And broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood. Milton. 2. Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile;
• CORRUPTIBLE
  1. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. "Our corruptible bodies." Hooker. Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. 1 Pet. i. 18. 2. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation.
• COMMONER
  1. One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility. All below them even their children, were commoners, and in the eye law equal to each other. Hallam. 2. A member of the House of Commons. 3. One who has a joint right in common ground.
• FAWNINGLY
  In a fawning manner.
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• SWALLOWFISH
  The European sapphirine gurnard . It has large pectoral fins.
• SERVILELY
  In a servile manner; slavishly.
• UNWARRANTABLE
  Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable; illegal; unjust; improper. -- Un*war"rant*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*war"rant*a*bly, adv.
• UNUTTERABLE
  Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish. Sighed and looked unutterable things. Thomson. -- Un*ut"ter*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*ut"ter*a*bly, adv.
• UNCOMMON
  Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. Syn. -- Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- Un*com"mon*ly, adv. -- Un*com"mon*ness, n.
• MUTTERER
  One who mutters.
• FELLOW-COMMONER
  A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or dines, at the Fellow's table.
• GUTTER
  1. A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough. 2. A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water. Gutters running with ale. Macaulay. 3. Any narrow channel or groove;
• INTERCOMMON
  To graze cattle promiscuously in the commons of each other, as the inhabitants of adjoining townships, manors, etc. (more info) 1. To share with others; to participate; especially, to eat at the same table. Bacon.
• BUTTER-SCOTCH
  A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter. Dickens.