vil

vil
adj.
1 vile, despicable.
el vil metal (humorous) filthy lucre
2 base, wicked, dastardly, despicable.
3 low.
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vil
► adjetivo
1 vile, base, despicable
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adj.
vile
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ADJ [persona] low, villainous; [acto] vile, rotten; [conducta] despicable, mean; [trato] unjust, shabby

el vil metal — filthy lucre

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adjetivo (liter) <acto/persona> vile, despicable
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= despicable, poison-pen, dastardly, beyond evil, lowdown, ignoble.
Ex. Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.
Ex. The writer explains how he earned a poison-pen reputation as dance and music critic at the Los Angeles Times.
Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
Ex. What his brother did was beyond evil, they should've finished him off with the death sentence.
Ex. The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.
Ex. Some religions (e.g. Judaism) explicitly demand ignoble attitudes in their followers.
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adjetivo (liter) <acto/persona> vile, despicable
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= despicable, poison-pen, dastardly, beyond evil, lowdown, ignoble.

Ex: Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.

Ex: The writer explains how he earned a poison-pen reputation as dance and music critic at the Los Angeles Times.
Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
Ex: What his brother did was beyond evil, they should've finished him off with the death sentence.
Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.
Ex: Some religions (e.g. Judaism) explicitly demand ignoble attitudes in their followers.

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vil
adjective
(liter); ‹acto› vile, despicable, base; ‹persona› vile, despicable
un hombre vil y despreciable a vile, despicable man (liter)
aquel vil asesinato that vile murder (frml)
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vil adjetivo (liter) ‹acto/persona› vile, despicable
vil adjetivo despicable, vile
'vil' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
baja
- bajo
- calumnia
- metal
- ruin
- vileza
- villana
- villano
- desgraciado
- mezquindad
- mezquino
English:
base
- foul
- miserable
- nefarious
- out-and-out
- scummy
- squalid
- vile
- cheap
- despicable
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vil adj
vile, despicable;
Hum
el vil metal filthy lucre
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vil
adj vile, despicable
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vil adj
: vile, dispicable

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

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