Synonyms for vile
- adjective
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Wretched
wretched, ugly, contemptible, disgusting, evil, loathsome, execrable, hateful, iniquitous, wicked, ignoble, reprehensible, bad, dirty, horrid, miserable, depraved, sinful, sickening, abominable, vulgar, scurrilous
Other
Noun
1. Morally low
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Morally low; base; despicable.
- n. 1
That which is vile; vileness.
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Any supremacy of the animal or brute instincts over the intellectual and spiritual in man is base and vile.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- evil Grr! Avoid not, unwelcome evil and cowardly beast!
- ugly Between you and me, the fat ugly man is on a diet.
- disgusting What's the most disgusting food you've ever eaten?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| vile | rising | |
| evil | rising | |
| ugly | rising | |
| disgusting | rising | |
| execrable | steady | |
| scabrous | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1
- 4 letters
- mean1, base1, evil2, ugly2
- 5 letters
- dirty2
- 6 letters
- wicked2, vulgar2, horrid2, sinful2
- 7 letters
- hateful2, carrion3, ignoble3
- 8 letters
- wretched2, depraved2, scabrous
- 9 letters
- miserable4, sickening3, loathsome2, execrable4
- 10 letters
- disgusting3, despicable4, abominable5, scurrilous3, iniquitous
- 12 letters
- contemptible4
- 13 letters
- reprehensible5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evil2 = 2 syllables).