villain
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈvɪlən/
:
villano
- The villain's evil plan was foiled by the clever actions of the brave heroine.
- heroes and villains
- portrayed as the villain
- cast as the villain
That's why it's fun for me to write villains, because I love them.
- That's why it's fun for me to write villains, because I love them.
- And that means that he is a villain, right?
- Again, the best villains reveal what the main character needs.
- It also makes the villains into the heroes.
- You'll melt like the villain from Bugs Bunny or Roger Rabbit.
- So would you like musicals or comic villains?
- And that's why all the villains fucking hate nonsense.
- Yeah, they're making Dylan to be the villain rhyme that rhymes.
Examples
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We're here for one day, and he's already the town villain.
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If you could be any James Bond villain, which one would you be?
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And that means that he is a villain, right?
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You need to bring in a villain so people can get excited again.
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He actually seems to be the villain of this piece.
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I've wanted to play a Batman villain my whole life.
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Given changing circumstances, oil companies are now no longer viewed as villains by many developing countries.
Academic text (1990) -
"But afterward..." "Afterward you found a way of making yourself the villain of the piece," said DeAnne.
Fiction book (1992) -
That's why it's fun for me to write villains, because I love them.
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Who knows what dastardly scheme... that villain may be plotting... even as we speak.
Synonyms
470
3.3
A very cruel person who hurts others without pity
415
3.0
A person who goes against others or causes harm
104
1.6
A person who harms others on purpose or does wrong things
51
6.5
A person who behaves dishonestly and hurts others by lying or stealing
19
6.3
A person who opposes another person, often in a story or argument
15
7.5
A person who does bad things to hurt other people
8
3.8
A bad character in a story who causes trouble for the hero, often in children's stories
5
4.4
A cruel person who hurts others or treats them very badly
2
7.1
A woman who plays the bad person in a story
2
7.0
A person who is the main bad character in a story or film, often in children's stories
1
8.1
A person who plays a villain in a play or film
1
8.0
The main enemy in a story who is very powerful and evil
1
7.7
A man who does cruel or wrong things in stories
1
9.2
A very powerful evil enemy in stories or legends
A clearly exaggerated evil character in a play who makes the audience boo
Antonyms
Compounds
How Evil
1
8.0
- Offensive
470
3.3
272
3.3
∞
2.1
8
4.3
19
6.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
Villain comes from the old word villanus, for someone who lived at a villa ('country house') or worked in a village. Because these people were often seen as rude or not respected, the word became negative, so today villain means a 'bad' or 'evil' person in a story.