villainy
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈvɪləni/
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- Treacherous villainy!
If this seems like comic book villainy, that's because it is.
- If this seems like comic book villainy, that's because it is.
- A lot of people channelled that through football, villainy, thieving, fighting.
- Tiny and Charlie RI got nicked, not for football, for villainy.
Examples
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But the correspondence between success and villainy is an inexact one.
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The novel explored the depths of human villainy through its complex characters.
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I thought we said no more villainy!
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Today we fight to free the land from the villainy of the Wicked Witches.
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Incredibly handsome criminal genius and master of all villainy!
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Heroes should never kill a villain, regardless of the depth of the villainy.
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You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
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As Obi-Wan Kenobi would say, Sacramento is a "wretched hive of scum and villainy."
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His villainy was evident in the way he plotted against his own allies.
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In every hero's journey, there is often a moment when they must confront pure villainy.
Synonyms
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2.0
An action people see as wrong even if it is not illegal
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5.2
A state of being morally wrong or evil
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3.2
Bad actions that cause harm to people or property on purpose
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8.8
A state of very bad moral behavior
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5.6
The amount of crime or the number of people who break the law in an area
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9.5
Very bad or unfair actions that harm people
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8.9
Great evil that shocks people
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6.5
A quality of doing very bad things and wanting to harm people
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8.0
Very bad and morally wrong behavior
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8.8
Behaviour that harms people or tricks them, sometimes as a prank
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7.3
Bad actions that harm people or break the law
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9.7
Bad behavior meant to annoy or hurt people
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9.6
Very evil behaviour that harms other people
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8.4
Very cruel and evil actions that harm people
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9.9
Very bad actions that break the law
Being very bad and cruel to other people
A very bad action that harms people
Being involved in illegal acts
A look or feeling that seems threatening
Antonyms
How Evil
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Villainy comes from villain, which originally came from the Latin villa meaning 'farm' and described a 'farm worker' or someone from the country. Because city people looked down on country folk, villain came to mean a 'bad person', and villainy now means 'wicked' or 'criminal' acts.