[vile] adj vil.er ; vil.est [ME, fr. OF vil, fr. L vilis] (14c) 1 a: morally despicable or abhorrent "nothing is so ~ as intellectual dishonesty" b: physically repulsive: foul "a ~ slum"
2: of little worth or account: common; also: mean
3: tending to degrade "~ employments"
4: disgustingly or utterly bad: obnoxious, contemptible "~ weather" "had a ~ temper" syn see base -- vile.ly adv -- vile.ness n