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1. Morally reprehensible
   "the vile development of slavery appalled them"
   - despicable, ugly, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched
    
2. Causing or able to cause nausea
   "a vile smell"
   - nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy, loathsome, offensive, sickening, loathful [archaic]

Sounds like: vial, viol

Derived forms: viler, vilest

See also: evil, unwholesome, vilely, vileness

Encyclopedia: Vile