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vile

adj
/vaɪ(ə)l/

Etymology

From Middle English vile, vyle, vyl, from Anglo-Norman ville, Old French vil, vile, from Latin vīlis.

  1. derived from vīlis
  2. derived from vil
  3. derived from ville
  4. inherited from vile

Definitions

  1. Morally low

    Morally low; base; despicable.

    • vile accusation
    • vile man
    • Turn now to the temperance revolution. In it we shall find a stronger bondage broken, a viler slavery manumitted, a greater tyrant deposed; in it, more of want supplied, more disease healed, more sorrow assuaged.

  2. Causing physical or mental repulsion

    Causing physical or mental repulsion; horrid.

    • I glimpsed a vile squid-like creature in the depths.
    • The medicine had a vile taste and smell.
    • We can't go out in this vile weather.

  3. That which is vile

    That which is vile; vileness.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at vile. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01vile02despicable03wretched04inferior05sun06sunlight07bathes08bathe09clean10filth

A definitional loop anchored at vile. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at vile

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA