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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a vile thing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is extremely unpleasant, morally bad, or disgusting.
Example: "The act of betrayal was truly a vile thing to do to a friend."
Alternatives: "an abhorrent act" or "a despicable thing."
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A person who once debated another person who went on to say a vile thing thereby shared a platform.
It has become a commonplace to remark on the hyper-sensitivity of the culture; a person saying a vile thing can never be debated, but only no-platformed.
We find it a vile thing to describe those officers, as Mr. Truscott did, as dishonorable men whose "lies became embedded in the curriculum" and "moral DNA" of the academy.
It's a vile thing to do," spat out New Labour's Home Office minister, Barbara Roche, in March, after private Labour focus-group polling revealed the asylum issue to be an electoral worry.
Gaming culture is often seen as a vile thing, and there are a wide array of examples to support that conclusion.
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This is the kind of vile thing practiced then.
I hate cheap smoked salmon – the texture is the most vile thing you can eat.
Every single vile thing that's said about America in my book is taken from his.
So I wanted to do the most vile thing to show he really needed the blood.
It was also contagious: fellow contestant Nikki dramatically, possibly melodramatically, confided that Grace was 'the most vile thing God put on Earth'.
The extremity of Trump's offensiveness forces us to take the bait, to "weigh in as being opposed to this vile thing. . . .
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