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Villainous

Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or wretch.

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Wicked 84% connected

Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

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Wicked 84% connected

Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

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Scoundrel 74% connected

A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without honor or virtue.

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Scoundrel 74% connected

A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without honor or virtue.

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Villainy 74% connected

The quality or state of being a villain, or villainous; extreme depravity; atrocious wickedness; as, the villainy of the seducer.

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Villainy 74% connected

The quality or state of being a villain, or villainous; extreme depravity; atrocious wickedness; as, the villainy of the seducer.

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Nefarious 92% connected

Wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous; atrociously villainous; execrable; detestably vile.

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Allotriophagy noun · 78% connection

A depraved appetite; a desire for improper food.

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Average adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to an average or mean; medial; containing a mean proportion; of a mean size, quality, ability, etc.; ordinary; usual; as, a…

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Base adjective · 78% connection

Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base moti…

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Baseborn adjective · 78% connection

Vile; mean.

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Basi- unknown · 78% connection

A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as…

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Contempt noun · 78% connection

The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.

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Contemptible adjective · 78% connection

Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable.

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Corrupt adjective · 78% connection

Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt l…

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Cullion noun · 78% connection

A mean wretch; a base fellow; a poltroon; a scullion.

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Dado noun · 78% connection

In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.

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Depravation noun · 78% connection

The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.

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Despicable adjective · 78% connection

Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.

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Dog noun · 78% connection

A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.

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Doghole noun · 78% connection

A place fit only for dogs; a vile, mean habitation or apartment.

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Dunghill noun · 78% connection

Any mean situation or condition; a vile abode.

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Foundation noun · 78% connection

The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing course…

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Hilding noun · 78% connection

A base, menial wretch.

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Infamous adjective · 78% connection

Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notor…

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