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vile

/vaɪ(ə)l/ adjective C1
  1. Morally low; base; despicable. · vile accusation· vile man
  2. Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid; disgusting. · I glimpsed a vile squid-like creature in the depths.· The medicine had a vile taste and smell.

Comparative viler · Superlative vilest

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You are all here—every action of your vile and dangerous life."
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 38 · B2
“Why, the vilest animals are not suffered to die by such a death as that.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 290 · C1
Over the rocks, in the crevice of which the candle burned, there was thrust out an evil yellow face, a terrible animal face, all seamed and scored with vile passions.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 124 · C1

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