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villain
[vil-uhn]
noun
a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel.
a character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot.
a person or thing considered to be the cause of something bad.
Fear is the villain that can sabotage our goals.
villain
/ ˈvɪlən /
noun
a wicked or malevolent person
(in a novel, play, film, etc) the main evil character and antagonist to the hero
humorous, a mischievous person; rogue
slang:police, a criminal
history a variant spelling of villein
obsolete, an uncouth person; boor
Other Word Forms
- villainess noun
- subvillain noun
- undervillain noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of villain1
Example Sentences
She found herself playing side characters, villains and mothers — never the glamorous romantic lead.
“The heart of the show is that these are, were real people. They were a real family. They weren’t black mustache-twirling evil villains. They weren’t white knighted, incredibly heroic individuals,” he continued.
One of the notable villains in the period I chronicled in “American Midnight” was Wilson’s attorney general in his second term, A. Mitchell Palmer.
Can Rachel McAdams sue the attorney general for this half-baked theft of her iconic movie villain?
The scene further cements Julian as the successor to his grandfather’s legacy and leaves the possibility open for his return as a villain in a future “Tron” installment.
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