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[ vil-uh-nuhs ] / ˈvɪl ə nəs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR villainous ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving 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. Origin of villainousMiddle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at villain, -ous OTHER WORDS FROM villainousvil·lain·ous·ly, adverbvil·lain·ous·ness, nounnon·vil·lain·ous, adjectivenon·vil·lain·ous·ly, adverb non·vil·lain·ous·ness, nounun·vil·lain·ous, adjectiveun·vil·lain·ous·ly, adverb Words nearby villainousvilla home, villain, villainage, villainess, villainize, villainous, villainy, Villa-Lobos, villanella, villanelle, Villanovan Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for villainousShe is against the patriarchy, especially when personified in villainous ogres like the Duke of Deception. Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine|Tom Arnold-Forster|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST So the man who plays the villainous Frank Underwood does have a lighter side after all. Viral Video of the Day: Kevin Spacey Goes Bollywood|The Daily Beast Video|April 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Surely there will be villainous pirates, distracting mermaids, tides change in the new open water chapter of my journey. Lindsay Mills, Edward Snowden’s Girlfriend, Writes ‘All I Feel Is Alone’|Caroline Linton|June 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST You have an interest in comedy, yet keep getting pegged as these villainous characters. Michael Emerson: The Lost Interview|Kara Cutruzzula|February 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Therefore I thought nothing of undertaking a sixty miles' drive in broiling heat and along a villainous road. South African Memories|Lady Sarah Wilson The man with the face of a butler lighted the most villainous pipe I ever beheld. Hearts and Masks|Harold MacGrath On the other hand one might very well have a villainous one. Under the Chinese Dragon|F. S. Brereton He was a short, heavily-built fellow, clad in rags, and had as villainous a face as any they had ever seen. The Bradys Beyond Their Depth|Anonymous As to the bulkhead, he had advised his commander that the safest thing was to leave it alone, it was so villainous to look at.
British Dictionary definitions for villainous
adjectiveof, like, or appropriate to a villain very bad or disagreeablea villainous climate Derived forms of villainousvillainously, adverbvillainousness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to villainousshady, nefarious, vile, wicked, atrocious, bad, corrupt, crooked, cruel, culpable, deplorable, depraved, diabolical, dirty, evil, felonious, hateful, ignoble, illegal, illicit |