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VILENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
Example:
the vileness of his language surprised us
Synonyms:
loathsomeness; lousiness; repulsiveness; sliminess; vileness; wickedness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("vileness" is a kind of...):
distastefulness; odiousness; offensiveness (the quality of being offensive)
Derivation:
vile (causing or able to cause nausea)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being wicked
Synonyms:
nefariousness; ugliness; vileness; wickedness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("vileness" is a kind of...):
evil; evilness (the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vileness"):
filthiness (moral corruption or pollution)
enormity (the quality of extreme wickedness)
