villainous
adjective
Origin of villainous
Related Words for villainous
shady, nefarious, vile, wicked, atrocious, bad, corrupt, crooked, cruel, culpable, deplorable, depraved, diabolical, dirty, evil, felonious, hateful, ignoble, illegal, illicitExamples from the Web for villainous
Contemporary Examples of villainous
She is against the patriarchy, especially when personified in villainous ogres like the Duke of Deception.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever ImagineTom Arnold-Forster
November 3, 2014
So the man who plays the villainous Frank Underwood does have a lighter side after all.
Surely there will be villainous pirates, distracting mermaids, tides change in the new open water chapter of my journey.
Lindsay Mills, Edward Snowden’s Girlfriend, Writes ‘All I Feel Is Alone’Caroline Linton
June 11, 2013
You have an interest in comedy, yet keep getting pegged as these villainous characters.
Historical Examples of villainous
You don't know, darling, the wickedness of that villainous baggage.
The Imaginary InvalidMolire
Wrens and sparrows are not too ignoble a quarry for this villainous gos-hawk!
Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
The light was dim, the liquor was villainous, and the air was dense with tobacco smoke.
The Hunted OutlawAnonymous
That's what it is to be shut up in these villainous ramparts.
The Fortune of the RougonsEmile Zola
The five men were here—Groff and four of his villainous companions.
The World BeyondRaymond King Cummings