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villainous
[vil-uh-nuhs]
adjective
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.
villainous
/ Ė±¹ÉŖ±ōɲŌɲõ /
adjective
of, like, or appropriate to a villain
very bad or disagreeable
a villainous climate
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- villainously adverb
- villainousness noun
- nonvillainous adjective
- nonvillainously adverb
- nonvillainousness noun
- unvillainous adjective
- unvillainously adverb
- Ė±¹¾±±ō±ō²¹¾±²Ō“Ē³Ü²õ±ō²ā adverb
- Ė±¹¾±±ō±ō²¹¾±²Ō“Ē³Ü²õ²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of villainous1
Example Sentences
āIn addition to all the villainous respects, it was important to him to have her be a living, breathing woman, wife and mother.ā
The bookās title makes a droll pun for ālair,ā a villainous place of danger or death, while his vivid, mostly monochrome abstract photographs of poisoned atmosphere wittily recall fashionable Color Field paintings.
āClash of the Titansā was your breakthrough and it was an archetypical hero role, but youāve also taken on more villainous roles like Aaron Echolls in āVeronica Mars,ā and now Cortland Mayfair.
Heās always someone in our minds who is kind of villainous in some way, shape or form.
More than 21 million people have now watched the villainous penguin's return in Aardman's Vengeance Most Fowl, which delighted audiences young and old when the animated film premiered on BBC One on Christmas Day.
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