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Definition(s):

  1. (n) the quality of being wicked
  2. (n) the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions

Synonym(s)

lousiness, repulsiveness, sliminess, wickedness, nefariousness, ugliness

Usage(s):

  1. That metaphor is pitch-perfect, but the film works a little too hard at proving the vileness of beauty pageants.
  2. The come-in-from-the-cold novelists have schooled us all in the vileness of the espionage agent's world.
  3. When Rochon was transferred to Chicago in 1984, he says, the campaign stepped up in vileness.

Quotes

  1. "ETA has once again displayed its vileness," said Jose Antonio Alonso, spokesman in Parliament for Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapaptero's Socialist party.
    on Oct 30, 2008 By: José Antonio Alonso Suárez Source: GMA news.tv

  2. Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, the archbishop of Mexico City, said Benedict was facing "defamation and attacks of lies and vileness because of a few dishonest and criminal priests."
    on Apr 4, 2010 By: Cardinal Norberto Rivera Source: Boston Globe

  3. "If these people know they will be taken off the air and they will have to pay massive fines then I'm sure this vileness will stop," said Lollobrigida, who left Yugoslav emigre Milko Skofic in 1971 after 22 years of marriage. "In a way I feel...
    on Dec 7, 2006 By: Gina Lollobrigida Source: Reuters Canada

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