Definition of "vile" []

• Loathsome; disgusting: vile language. (adjective)
• Unpleasant or objectionable: vile weather. See Synonyms at offensive. (adjective)
• Contemptibly low in worth or account; second-rate. (adjective)
• Of mean or low condition. (adjective)
• Miserably poor and degrading; wretched: a vile existence. (adjective)

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• "Hastert told reporters today that no Republican congressional leader saw what he calls vile and repulsive instant messages sent by Foley in 2003 until this past Friday."
• "Buttonholed while crossing the court-house lawn, and backed into a corner between the county clerk's office and the jail, Shelby had to listen with what patience he might to her denunciation of what she called his vile concord with Belial."
• "Who is here playing the overseer over white men -- who but he, who is throwing his filthy gall and assailing everybody as Northern Whig Dough-faces, and what he calls the vile slave-holders?"