| 单词 | vile |
| 释义 | vile (once / 421 pages) adj Surely only an evil person could be so vile as to have made you so angry. Vile is something or someone so morally wrong or offensive as to be thoroughly disgusting. Are you appalled by someone’s sordid, despicable, ugly and just generally awful behavior? Then it’s probably vile, too. One of those dramatic adjectives with many synonyms, the word vile is not only used to describe a person or an action that is morally reprehensible; it can describe a smell that is so bad as to be practically morally reprehensible — or something else that offends your senses enough to make you nauseous. Those three month old dirty gym socks? They’re vile! WORD FAMILYvile: vilely, vileness, viler, vilest+/vileness: vilenesses USAGE EXAMPLESShe landed on the Facebook profile for the most vile of her harassers. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) The fast-paced opening sequence of Stephen Fry’s fabulous adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s “Vile Bodies” features a divinely decadent costume party titled “Inferno.” Salon(Dec 31, 2016) Let’s end this vile year on a high, with some hardcore football action. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj morally reprehensible the vile development of slavery appalled them Syn despicable, slimy, ugly, unworthy, worthless, wretched evil morally bad or wrong 2adj causing or able to cause nausea Syn loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, offensive, queasy, sickening unwholesome detrimental to physical or moral well-being |
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