villainous
having a cruel, wicked, malicious nature or character.
of, relating to, or befitting a villain: villainous treachery.
outrageously base, wicked, or vile: a villainous attack on his character.
very objectionable or unpleasant; bad; wretched: a villainous storm.
Origin of villainous
1Other words from villainous
- vil·lain·ous·ly, adverb
- vil·lain·ous·ness, noun
- non·vil·lain·ous, adjective
- non·vil·lain·ous·ly, adverb
- non·vil·lain·ous·ness, noun
- un·vil·lain·ous, adjective
- un·vil·lain·ous·ly, adverb
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How to use villainous in a sentence
In one example, Han was approached by a marketing team working with Capcom’s “Resident Evil Village,” a horror-focused shooter starring the villainous vampire Lady Dimitrescu.
All dressed up with nowhere to go: Cosplaying in the pandemic | Lauren Orsini | June 25, 2021 | Washington PostThat failure becomes increasingly villainous when you know simple solutions like housing vouchers exist to reverse the most dire foundational crisis for poor Americans.
America Could Soon Face a Wave of Single Moms Being Evicted. A Simple Solution Exists That Could Help Them | Lauren Sandler | May 28, 2021 | TimeVillainy gets even more complicated as a concept when we consider that, historically, the “villain” in any given story is villainous not because of something they do but because of something they are.
It’s possible that a villainous Thunderbolts super-group could be in the works.
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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 Imagine | Tom Arnold-Forster | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are big rocks in off the shore, craggy and black; they always look villainous in the dark of the evening.
'We Were Liars': Teens Confront Their Beautiful, Rich Family's Dark Secrets | Samantha Levine | August 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo the man who plays the villainous Frank Underwood does have a lighter side after all.
Viral Video of the Day: Kevin Spacey Goes Bollywood | The Daily Beast Video | April 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSurely 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 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd they face the absolute villain, Haman, from the absolute villainous family, Amalek.
Upon a ship sailing along the shores of France were a man and his wife on their way to join a band of villainous people in India.
The value of a praying mother | Isabel C. ByrumHe was concerned with the villainous intrigues of Cerizet, his copy-clerk, and with Theodose de la Peyrade, the tricky lawyer.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheRemembering what a scoundrel Garcia was, and what a villainous business Garcia had sent him upon, Coronado felt like smiling.
Overland | John William De ForestCoronado's first bullet knocked a villainous-looking tatterdemalion clean into the happy hunting grounds.
Overland | John William De ForestGoaded to desperation by his villainous servant, Herbert Murray turned upon the traitor and hurled him down the gravel pit.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks | Bracebridge Hemyng
British Dictionary definitions for villainous
/ (ˈvɪlənəs) /
of, like, or appropriate to a villain
very bad or disagreeable: a villainous climate
Derived forms of villainous
- villainously, adverb
- villainousness, noun
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