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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
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.
Batman’s classic villains are also transformed into characters that exist organically within the Aztec context.
One of the book’s villains is, in Evelyn’s view, “not man enough to be hated.”
But it is Ms. Hawkins, fully committed to a character who should be committed, who shines, making Laura a singular personage—a monster, but not necessarily a villain.
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