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villain
[vil-uhn]
noun
a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel.
Synonyms: , , , ,a character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot.
a person or thing considered to be the cause of something bad.
Fear is the villain that can sabotage our goals.
villain
/ ˈɪə /
noun
a wicked or malevolent person
(in a novel, play, film, etc) the main evil character and antagonist to the hero
humorousa mischievous person; rogue
slang:policea criminal
history a variant spelling of villein
obsoletean uncouth person; boor
Other 51Թ Forms
- subvillain noun
- undervillain noun
- ˈԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of villain1
Example Sentences
“What did I do? Why am I the villain?”
In a world where the powerful increasingly act with impunity, taking fictional villains to task makes sense, a form of Hollywood wish fulfillment for those who feel stuck or hopeless.
The supervisor urged members of the public who might engage in protests to use their “energy positively and peacefully so we don’t change the narrative here and make the victims out to be the villains.”
But the fun that movie audiences have with narcissistic villains goes a long way towards explaining the hold that men like Musk and Trump have over their fans.
Movies love superheroes that take on their villains with big-stage swagger.
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