"vile" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /vaɪ(ə)l/ Audio: en-us-vial.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-vile.wav [US] Forms: viler [comparative], more vile [comparative], vilest [superlative], most vile [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪl Etymology: From Middle English vile, vyle, vyl, from Anglo-Norman ville, Old French vil, vile, from Latin vīlis. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|vile}} Middle English vile, {{m|enm|vyle}} vyle, {{m|enm|vyl}} vyl, {{der|en|xno|ville}} Anglo-Norman ville, {{der|en|fro|vil}} Old French vil, {{m|fro|vile}} vile, {{der|en|la|vīlis}} Latin vīlis Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} vile (comparative viler or more vile, superlative vilest or most vile)
  1. Morally low; base; despicable. Synonyms (morally low): base, despicable, mean, ignoble Translations (morally low): وضيع (waḍyʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), զազրելի (zazreli) (Armenian), նողկալի (noġkali) (Armenian), ստոր (stor) (Armenian), պիղծ (piġc) (Armenian), паскудны (paskudny) (Belarusian), гнюсны (hnjusny) (Belarusian), нізкі (nizki) (Belarusian), подлы (pódly) (Belarusian), низък (nizǎk) (Bulgarian), долен (dolen) (Bulgarian), подъл (podǎl) (Bulgarian), vil (Catalan), 卑鄙 (bēibǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), hnusný (Czech), odporný (Czech), verachtelijk (Dutch), katala (Finnish), alhainen (Finnish), vil (French), vil [feminine, masculine] (Galician), უნამუსო (unamuso) (Georgian), საძაგელი (saʒageli) (Georgian), საზიზღარი (sazizɣari) (Georgian), ბილწი (bilc̣i) (Georgian), abscheulich (German), gemein (German), schnöde (German), πρόστυχος (próstychos) [masculine] (Greek), χυδαίος (chydaíos) [masculine] (Greek), hitvány (Hungarian), aljas (Hungarian), viðbjóðslegur (Icelandic), andstyggilegur (Icelandic), abietto (Italian), basso (Italian), ignobile (Italian), 卑しい (iyashii) (Japanese), 汚い (kitanai) (Japanese), 卑劣な (hiretsu na) (Japanese), ទាប (tiep) (Khmer), 사악한 (saakhan) (Korean), zemisks (Latvian), nekrietns (Latvian), netikumisks (Latvian), netikumīgs (Latvian), низок (nizok) [masculine] (Macedonian), долен (dolen) [masculine] (Macedonian), омразен (omrazen) [masculine] (Macedonian), earg (Old English), podły (Polish), niecny (Polish), nikczemny (Polish), vil (Portuguese), гну́сный (gnúsnyj) (Russian), по́длый (pódlyj) (Russian), ни́зкий (nízkij) (Russian), ме́рзкий (mérzkij) (Russian), vil (Spanish), alçak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-vile-en-adj-pTU6WmHu Disambiguation of 'morally low': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'morally low': 100 0
  2. Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid. Translations (causing repulsion): гаден (gaden) (Bulgarian), противен (protiven) (Bulgarian), odporný (Czech), děsný (Czech), ohavný (Czech), inhottava (Finnish), ocsmány (Hungarian), visszataszító (Hungarian), undorító (Hungarian), niedatrajchtich (Plautdietsch), vil (Portuguese), torpe (Portuguese), abjeto [Portugal] (Portuguese), abjecto [Brazil] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-vile-en-adj-s-C6HsuS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of 'causing repulsion': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vilify Related terms: corpus vile, deuse a vile, durance vile, Rom-vile, vile vortex

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2020 January 1, “Cultivating Myself Well and Helping People to Understand the Truth about Falun Dafa”, in Minghui",
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          "sense": "morally low",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "odporný"
        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "verachtelijk"
        },
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "unamuso",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "უნამუსო"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "saʒageli",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "საძაგელი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sazizɣari",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "საზიზღარი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "bilc̣i",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "ბილწი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "abscheulich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "gemein"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "schnöde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "próstychos",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "chydaíos",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "hitvány"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "aljas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "viðbjóðslegur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "andstyggilegur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "abietto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "basso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "ignobile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "iyashii",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "卑しい"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kitanai",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "汚い"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hiretsu na",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "卑劣な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "tiep",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "ទាប"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "saakhan",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "사악한"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "zemisks"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "nekrietns"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "netikumisks"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "netikumīgs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "nizok",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "низок"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "dolen",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "долен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "omrazen",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "омразен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "earg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "podły"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "niecny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "nikczemny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "vil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gnúsnyj",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "гну́сный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pódlyj",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "по́длый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nízkij",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "ни́зкий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mérzkij",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "ме́рзкий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "vil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "morally low",
          "word": "alçak"
        }
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          "text": "vile taste",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "vile smell",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "vile smile",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "vile substance",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "vile weather",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid."
      ],
      "id": "en-vile-en-adj-s-C6HsuS",
      "links": [
        [
          "physical",
          "physical"
        ],
        [
          "mental",
          "mental"
        ],
        [
          "repulsion",
          "repulsion"
        ],
        [
          "horrid",
          "horrid"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "gaden",
          "sense": "causing repulsion",
          "word": "гаден"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "protiven",
          "sense": "causing repulsion",
          "word": "противен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "causing repulsion",
          "word": "odporný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "causing repulsion",
          "word": "děsný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "causing repulsion",
          "word": "ohavný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "causing repulsion",
          "word": "inhottava"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "causing repulsion",
          "word": "ocsmány"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "causing repulsion",
          "word": "visszataszító"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "causing repulsion",
          "word": "undorító"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
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          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
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          "word": "niedatrajchtich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "causing repulsion",
          "word": "vil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "causing repulsion",
          "word": "torpe"
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "causing repulsion",
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            "Portugal"
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
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            "Brazil"
          ],
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        }
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}
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    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪl",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪl/1 syllable"
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      "word": "vilify"
    }
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        "2": "enm",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "vyle"
      },
      "expansion": "vyle",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "vyl"
      },
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      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "xno",
        "3": "ville"
      },
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      "name": "der"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "vil"
      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "vile"
      },
      "expansion": "vile",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vīlis"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
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      "form": "viler",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "more vile",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vilest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "more"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
      "word": "corpus vile"
    },
    {
      "word": "deuse a vile"
    },
    {
      "word": "durance vile"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rom-vile"
    },
    {
      "word": "vile vortex"
    }
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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          "text": "vile accusation",
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        },
        {
          "text": "vile man",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 January 1, “Cultivating Myself Well and Helping People to Understand the Truth about Falun Dafa”, in Minghui",
          "text": "People crave human decency, warmth, and sincerity even in the vilest of circumstances…",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Morally low; base; despicable."
      ],
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          "Morally",
          "morally"
        ],
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          "low",
          "low"
        ],
        [
          "base",
          "base"
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        [
          "despicable",
          "despicable"
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        {
          "text": "I glimpsed a vile squid-like creature in the depths.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "vile taste",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "vile smell",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "vile smile",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "vile substance",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "vile weather",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physical",
          "physical"
        ],
        [
          "mental",
          "mental"
        ],
        [
          "repulsion",
          "repulsion"
        ],
        [
          "horrid",
          "horrid"
        ]
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/vaɪ(ə)l/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "vial"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "base"
    },
    {
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "despicable"
    },
    {
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "mean"
    },
    {
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "ignoble"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "waḍyʕ",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "وضيع"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zazreli",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "զազրելի"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "noġkali",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "նողկալի"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "stor",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "ստոր"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "piġc",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "պիղծ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "paskudny",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "паскудны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "hnjusny",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "гнюсны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "nizki",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "нізкі"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pódly",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "подлы"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nizǎk",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "низък"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dolen",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "долен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podǎl",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "подъл"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "vil"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bēibǐ",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "卑鄙"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "hnusný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "odporný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "verachtelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "katala"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "alhainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "vil"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "unamuso",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "უნამუსო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "saʒageli",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "საძაგელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sazizɣari",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "საზიზღარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "bilc̣i",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "ბილწი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "abscheulich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "gemein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "schnöde"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "próstychos",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πρόστυχος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chydaíos",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "χυδαίος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "hitvány"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "aljas"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "viðbjóðslegur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "andstyggilegur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "abietto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "basso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "ignobile"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iyashii",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "卑しい"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kitanai",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "汚い"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hiretsu na",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "卑劣な"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tiep",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "ទាប"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "saakhan",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "사악한"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "zemisks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "nekrietns"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "netikumisks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "netikumīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nizok",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "низок"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dolen",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "долен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "omrazen",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "омразен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "earg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "podły"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "niecny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "nikczemny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "vil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gnúsnyj",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "гну́сный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pódlyj",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "по́длый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nízkij",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "ни́зкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mérzkij",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "ме́рзкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "vil"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "morally low",
      "word": "alçak"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gaden",
      "sense": "causing repulsion",
      "word": "гаден"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "protiven",
      "sense": "causing repulsion",
      "word": "противен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "causing repulsion",
      "word": "odporný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "causing repulsion",
      "word": "děsný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "causing repulsion",
      "word": "ohavný"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "causing repulsion",
      "word": "inhottava"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "causing repulsion",
      "word": "ocsmány"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "causing repulsion",
      "word": "visszataszító"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "causing repulsion",
      "word": "undorító"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "causing repulsion",
      "word": "niedatrajchtich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "causing repulsion",
      "word": "vil"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "causing repulsion",
      "word": "torpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "causing repulsion",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "abjeto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "causing repulsion",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "abjecto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vile"
}

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