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Meanings of vile in English
Causing or able to cause nausea.
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Examples for "ugly"
Examples for "ugly"
1
The mediocre in poetry is merely fatuous; in sculpture, it is ugly.
2
It began to break out in ugly blisters; I was in despair.
3
Those are just the ugly parts they play in the present drama.
4
Take the thing away, sir: it is ugly; it has black eyes.
5
Just the toy-villages in boxes, uniform as graves and ugly as bricks-
1
He said the action was an opportunity to clarify a wretched situation.
2
The household affairs are in a wretched condition; everything is in disorder.
3
Parliament voted to hold the wretched 2016 referendum by an overwhelming majority.
4
Veronica is amazed: isn't Zimbabwe supposed to be a wretched, dangerous place?
5
The colonel sat in wretched silence a few moments; then he arose:
1
She feels in a moment the presence of a base, unworthy nature.
2
Beware of taking up arms in the defence of the unworthy, .
3
Certainly the results argue for women's perspectives being considered uninteresting or unworthy.
4
I say no more to you; you are unworthy even of contempt.
5
It is unworthy of you, father; I would not have believed it.
1
He said decommissioning is worthless without detailed information on the weapons destroyed.
2
That means investors, at least, think the core Internet business is worthless.
3
Common shares issued before the bankruptcy filing are worthless, said the company.
4
A species essentially goes from worthless to worth a lot, said Mandel.
5
The fight split the party and made the Democratic presidential nomination worthless.
1
He is far, far above the rest of his despicable fellow men.
2
This love of peace was reckoned upon in the whole despicable game.
3
Poor and despicable beings indeed, become the victims of the borrowing habit.
4
Cowardice, the most despicable of all emotions, held him in her grasp.
5
He strove to ruin me with my leaders in this despicable manner.
1
The ocean in the spaces between the foam was slimy in appearance.
2
Into a stinking ditch; into water that was thick, cold, and slimy.
3
Ice after freezing to prevent the icing going slimy and coming off.
4
The water was warm, slimy, and smelled like a clogged sink drain.
5
Maybe it's an easy target because Robin Thicke is kind of slimy.
Usage of vile in English
1
We condemn vile personal smears of this nature, the Liberal Party said.
2
He said: This is scaremongering in its most extreme and vile form.
3
Recordings also captured Mr Somyurek using vile language against colleagues and staff.
4
They encountered vile weather and tempest-tossed seas off the South American coast.
5
Perhaps the vilest of the vile once were ministers of the Gospel.
6
No one would ever want to remember they thought things that vile.
7
She was vile; aye, but not in my sight till too late.
8
The countryman sees nothing but the vile and sordid side of it.
9
I have lived among vile people; and I am vile like them.
10
A Lib Dem spokesman said: Cyril Smith's acts were vile and repugnant.
11
I abhor myself; a toad is not so vile as I am.
12
And this mischief was the vile jealousy betwixt red and yellow uniform.
13
And all the time I am the victim of a vile conspiracy-
14
I was like the serpent in Eden, though without his vile intentions.
15
It was a vile pseudo sentiment-theoffspring or the forerunner of evil.
16
Edmund Rigby heard the vile rapturous imploring chorus of the souls beginning.
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