Unfortunate and Vile

Unfortunate

Unfortunate adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.

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

Nearby Word: unfortunately

Vile

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

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

Nearby Words: vilify, vilely

Both words in one sentence

  • Self Demonstrating / Doctor Doom There have been... Unfortunate events in the past where witnesses relate racist and sexist sentiments... These vile words were spoken by malfunctioning Doombots.
  • Literature / The Demon Princes Bawdy Song: In The Face, about the unfortunate adventures of a Darsh man who runs afoul of a "vile old khoontz."She seized my draps and dangles, she toyed with my emotion; She rubbed my private enterprise with scrofuletic lotion.
  • In A Series of Unfortunate Events, when the Baudelaires are in jail for allegedly killing Jacques in The Vile Village, Klaus suddenly remembers that it's his 13th birthday.
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