vileness
Quality of wretchedness
Vileness is the quality of being vile—morally repugnant, disgusting, or thoroughly despicable.
The word emphasizes extreme offensiveness: the vileness of his betrayal, She couldn't comprehend the vileness of the crime.
Vileness can also describe physical repulsiveness: the vileness of the smell made her gag.
Moral corruption or evil
- iniquityMoral wrongdoing, grave injustice
- turpitudeInherent wickedness or vileness
- sinfulnessMoral depravity condition
- immoralityQuality of being wicked
degeneracy · perversion · corruption · baseness · sordidness · debauchery · licentiousness · decadence
Active ill will
- heinousnessExtreme moral reprehensibility
- nefariousnessExtreme moral corruption
- malignancyCancerous, invasive growth
- fiendishnessExtreme wicked cruelty
monstrousness · atrocity · villainy · perfidy · cruelty · brutality · savagery · malice
Deserving of contempt
- abjectnessExtreme lowliness or degradation
- worthlessnessLack of any value
- meannessSpiteful, unkind disposition
- pettinessFocus on insignificant matters
cowardice · contemptibility · disdain · scorn · ignobility · dishonor · disgrace · disrepute
Quality inspiring strong aversion
- loathsomenessQuality inspiring strong disgust
- foulnessOffensive, corrupt quality
- nauseousnessSensation preceding vomiting
- revoltingnessExtreme offensiveness to senses
grossness · offensiveness · putridity · noxiousness · hideousness · odiousness · abhorrence · stomach-turning
wickedness
Moral corruption or evil
- iniquityMoral wrongdoing, grave injustice
- turpitudeInherent wickedness or vileness
- sinfulnessMoral depravity condition
immorality · degeneracy · perversion · corruption · baseness · sordidness · debauchery · licentiousness · decadence · profligacy
malevolence
Active ill will
- heinousnessExtreme moral reprehensibility
- nefariousnessExtreme moral corruption
- malignancyCancerous, invasive growth
fiendishness · monstrousness · atrocity · villainy · perfidy · cruelty · brutality · savagery · malice · treachery
despicableness
Deserving of contempt
- abjectnessExtreme lowliness or degradation
- worthlessnessLack of any value
- meannessSpiteful, unkind disposition
pettiness · cowardice · contemptibility · disdain · scorn · ignobility · dishonor · disgrace · disrepute · odiousness
repulsiveness
Quality inspiring strong aversion
- loathsomenessQuality inspiring strong disgust
- foulnessOffensive, corrupt quality
- nauseousnessSensation preceding vomiting
revoltingness · grossness · offensiveness · putridity · noxiousness · hideousness · odiousness · abhorrence · stomach-turning · ghastliness
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repulsion
- unpleasantnesspain, anger, sadness, misery, disgust
- sinsgreed, lust, gluttony, deadly sin, sloth
- wickednessevil, wickedness, villainy, malice, iniquity
- abjectionabjection, disgust, revulsion, repulsion, loathing
- filthdirt, grime, dirty, filthy, muck
vilenessvirtue
Moral goodness or merit
goodness · righteousness · virtuousness · morality · decency
vilenesspurity
Uncontaminated quality
innocence · chasteness · chastity · immaculateness · cleanliness
vilenessbeauty
Aesthetic excellence
loveliness · pleasantness · sweetness · exquisiteness · attractiveness
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