pantomime villain
pantomime villain · pantomime villains
A person who has become a designated villain, often seen as cartoonishly villainousA person who has become a designated villain, often seen as cartoonishly villainous; someone people "love to hate".
/ˈpæn.təˌmʌɪm ˈvɪl.jən/
Meaning
2 senses(UK, countable, figuratively, uncountable)A person who has become a designated villain, often seen as cartoonishly villainous; someone people "love to hate".
(UK, countable, uncountable)A character archetype in pantomime entertainment.
Forms
plural: pantomime villains| Singular | pantomime villain |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.