Citations:vile


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * Sirrah! sirrah! thou deservest to live no longer, but to be slain immediately upon the place; yet, that all men may see our gentleness towards thee, let us hear what thou, vile runagate, hast to say.


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * For his pretending not to know her; his pretending that it was necessary to touch her head-dress, and further to assure himself of her identity by pressing a certain ring upon her finger, and a certain chain about her neck; was vile, monstrous!