Common and Vile

Common

Common adjective - Often observed or encountered.

Vile and common are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vile" instead an adjective "Common".

Vile

Vile adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.

Common and vile are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Common" instead an adjective "Vile".

Nearby Words: vilify, vilely

Both words in one sentence

  • Adult/child and adult/teen predation is also common, and given our fears of paedophiles and ephebophiles, serial rapists of this nature are considered especially vile.
    Source: Serial Rapist
  • This is fairly common for Alternate Universes in general, but Age of Apocalypse is a great Marvel Comics example; many of the mainstream continuity's villains are either slightly less vile villains (Mister Sinister, for example, who is opposed to Apocalypse's genocidal desires), or outright heroes.
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