villainous
adjective
having a cruel, wicked, malicious nature or character.
villainously
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a word derived from
villainous.
Example Sentences
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Playing the zany yet villainously corrupt “Mayoress” Cora Hoover Hooper, Lansbury had no interest in reprising a version of her character from “The Manchurian Candidate.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
They saw his chip on No. 16 trickle villainously backward into a green-front bunker toward another double bogey, and they reeled out loud.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2022
Today his name is synonymous with the archetype of a brave and perceptive truth-teller surrounded by the villainously ignorant.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2021
Marianne, whose self-worth is also undermined by her villainously unloving family, eventually develops a streak of masochism.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2020
He grinned at her, arching an eyebrow villainously, expecting her to laugh and swat at him or punch him in the ribs.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
