| 单词 | villainous |
| 释义 | villainous (once / 3325 pages) adj To be villainous is to be evil, wicked, and despicable, like a bad guy in a movie or a villainous bus driver who sees you but doesn’t stop. Villains in stories are the bad guys, like Superman's enemy Lex Luthor or a mobster in a crime movie. Real-life bad people are also called villains, and anything evil is villainous. To murder someone is villainous. To steal a lot of money is villainous. This is a strong word for actions that are deliberately harmful and awful. You can’t be villainous by accident. The opposite of villainous is heroic. WORD FAMILYvillainous: villainously, villainousness+/villain: villainess, villainous, villains/villainess: villainesses USAGE EXAMPLESAnd will villainous Duke become healthy and whole enough for a run at what would be Krzyzewski’s sixth national title? Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) His villainous performance, writes Ben Brantley in the New York Times, is "embodied with gritty brilliance". BBC(Dec 13, 2016) In all of his roles, even the villainous ones, he tries to find something in the character to relate to. Wall Street Journal(Dec 09, 2016) adj extremely wicked a villainous plot a villainous band of thieves Syn dastardly, nefarious wicked morally bad in principle or practice |
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