Meaning

2 senses

  1. Of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain.

    niederträchtig, bösartig

    злойzloj, злоде́йскийzlodéjskij

  2. Wicked, offensive, or reprehensible in nature or behaviour; nefarious.

More definitions
  • extremely wicked

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Ziri rubbed his hands together with villainous glee.

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  2. Contrary to popular belief and the propaganda of villainous oligarchs, there's plenty of space on earth for all of us.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain:

Origin

From Middle English vileinous, from Old French vileneus. By surface analysis, villain + -o

From Middle English vileinous, from Old French vileneus. By surface analysis, villain + -ous.

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Forms

more villainous, most villainous
Comparativemore villainous Lesson
Superlativemost villainous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
villainlyvillainy
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words
Relatedvillainvillainousness
Derivednonvillainoussupervillainousunvillainousvillainously

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
villageA2villagerB2villainvimvinaigrettevindicateC2vindicationC2

Dictionary 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.

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