This coffee tastes really vile.vilevile /vaɪl/ adjective 
This coffee tastes really vile. a vile smell She has a vile temper.2evil or immoral: a vile act of betrayal—vilely adverb—vileness noun [uncountable]
WORD ORIGINvile
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French vil, from Latin vilis ‘worthless’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- vile language
- The Vietnam era is a vile period in American history.
- But the trouble was, he was so vile I couldn't respect him.
- The deal was so mean, so vile, that even the investment bankers gagged.
- Without impugning the motives of any believer in this, I point out that it reeks of a vile and dangerous racism.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY This coffee tastes really vile. a vile smell She has a vile temper.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
1informal extremely unpleasant or bad SYN horrible: This coffee tastes really vile. a vile smell She has a vile temper.· What makes Murdoch so vile is the same thing that makes him such a good entrepreneur.· The deal was so mean, so vile, that even the investment bankers gagged.· But the trouble was, he was so vile I couldn't respect him.· Ironic that so noble an edifice should house so vile an organisation.· How many people does one suppose really are so vile, so unbalanced, so neurotic, so decadent as to do this?· What could the man have done that had been so vile?· Who is here so vile that will not love his country?
This coffee tastes really vile. a vile smell She has a vile temper.2evil or immoral: a vile act of betrayal—vilely adverb—vileness noun [uncountable]