vileness
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And it should take more effort to wrap our heads around that deed’s vileness than it probably does these days.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2025
They are fallen angels who hold our fears and weaknesses to the light, coaxing us into accepting their vileness or granting them a measure of understanding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2017
Police what you say for lies, for slander, for stupidity, for simple vileness.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2017
You have to listen to Witold Gombrowicz, who praised the grimy immaturity of Buenos Aires — the vileness of the slums — over the brightly lit, pseudo-European boulevards.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 25, 2017
He was exceedingly attached to popularity, when it came he thought it his due; unpopularity in its turn seemed to him a proof of the vileness of those who despised him.
From The French Revolution by Hilaire Belloc
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