vile
Deeply morally offensive
Vile describes something extremely unpleasant, morally repugnant, or utterly worthless.
A vile smell makes you recoil.
A vile act offends basic decency.
Vile weather is miserably bad.
The word carries strong disgust—calling someone vile suggests they're beneath contempt: What a vile thing to say.
Arousing intense disgust
- revoltingCausing strong disgust
- nauseatingCausing urge to vomit
- repulsiveCausing strong disgust
- sickeningCausing disgust or nausea
foul · putrid · rancid · fetid · grotesque · hideous · ghastly · gruesome
Morally worthless, beneath regard
- heinousOdiously, shockingly evil
- wickedEvil or slang-excellent
- evilProfound moral wickedness
- monstrousFrighteningly huge or wicked
atrocious · abominable · detestable · contemptible · reprehensible · nefarious · villainous · malevolent
Offensive or illegal
- miserableWretchedly unhappy, dejected
- wretchedExtremely unhappy or unfortunate
- nastyDeeply unpleasant or spiteful
- awfulExtremely bad quality
dreadful · horrible · dreary · dismal · grim · bleak · oppressive · blustery
Lowering in worth
- humiliatingCausing painful embarrassment
- cruelWillfully causing suffering
- hatefulArousing strong dislike
- venomousProducing injected toxins
spiteful · malicious · vitriolic · scathing · contemptuous · insulting · demeaning · derogatory
loathsome
Arousing intense disgust
- revoltingCausing strong disgust
- nauseatingCausing urge to vomit
- repulsiveCausing strong disgust
sickening · foul · putrid · rancid · fetid · grotesque · hideous · ghastly · gruesome · offensive
despicable
Morally worthless, beneath regard
monstrous · atrocious · abominable · detestable · contemptible · reprehensible · nefarious · villainous · malevolent · sinister
foul
Offensive or illegal
- miserableWretchedly unhappy, dejected
- wretchedExtremely unhappy or unfortunate
- nastyDeeply unpleasant or spiteful
awful · dreadful · horrible · dreary · dismal · grim · bleak · oppressive · blustery · raw
degrading
Lowering in worth
- humiliatingCausing painful embarrassment
- cruelWillfully causing suffering
- hatefulArousing strong dislike
venomous · spiteful · malicious · vitriolic · scathing · contemptuous · insulting · demeaning · derogatory · obscene
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repulsion
- inferiorinferior, substandard, second-rate, second-class, subpar
- uglyugly, hideous, unsightly, grotesque, repulsive
- wickedevil, wicked, villainous, malicious, sinister
- moralitymoral, moral values, immoral, moral principles, moral code
- infernalhellish, demonic, diabolical, satanic, devilish