villain

vil·lain

 (vĭl′ən)

n.

1. A wicked or evil person; a scoundrel.

2. A dramatic or fictional character who is typically at odds with the hero.

3. (also vĭl′ān′, vĭ-lān′) Variant of villein.

4. Something said to be the cause of particular trouble or an evil: poverty, the villain in the increase of crime.

5. Obsolete A peasant regarded as vile and brutish.

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[Middle English vilein, feudal serf, person of coarse feelings, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *vīllānus, feudal serf, from Latin vīlla, country house; see weik- in Indo-European roots.]

villain

(ˈvɪlən)

n

1. a wicked or malevolent person

2. (in a novel, play, film, etc) the main evil character and antagonist to the hero

3. often jocular a mischievous person; rogue

4. police slang Brit a criminal

5. (Historical Terms) history a variant spelling of villein

6. obsolete an uncouth person; boor

[C14: from Old French vilein serf, from Late Latin vīllānus worker on a country estate, from Latin: villa]

ˈvillainess fem n

vil•lain

(ˈvɪl ən)

n.

1. a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel.

2. a character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot.

3. villein.

[1275–1325; < Middle French < Late Latin villānus a farm servant]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	villain - a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately scoundrel unwelcome person, persona non grata - a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome blackguard, bounder, cad, hound, heel, dog - someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" gallows bird - a person who deserves to be hanged knave, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, varlet, scalawag, scallywag - a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel villainess - a woman villain
	2.	villain - the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction baddie persona, theatrical role, role, character, part - an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"

villain

noun

1. evildoer, criminal, rogue, profligate, scoundrel, wretch, libertine, knave (archaic), reprobate, miscreant, malefactor, blackguard, rapscallion, caitiff (archaic) As a copper, I've spent my life putting villains like him away.

2. baddy (informal), antihero Darth Vader, the villain of the Star Wars trilogy
baddy hero, heroine, goody

villain

noun

A mean, worthless character in a story or play:

Slang: heavy.

Translations

نَذْل، وَغْدوَغْد

darebákzlosyn

skurkslyngel

BösewichtSchurke

αχρείος

villanomalo

roisto

méchantscélératcanaillegredingueux

negativac

òorpari

furfanteil cattivomalvagiopezzente

悪党

악한

nelietis

schurk

kjeltring

łajdak

vilão

злодейзлодейканегодяй

zlosyn

hudobnež

skurk

ตัวชั่วร้าย

hainkötü adam

kẻ ác

恶棍坏人

villain

[ˈvɪlən] N

1. (= wrongdoer) → maleante mf, delincuente mf

2. (hum) (= rascal) → bribón/ona m/f, tunante/a m/f

3. (in novel, film) → malo/a m/f
the villain of the piece is Malone (hum) → el malo de la historia es Malone

villain

[ˈvɪlən] n

(in novel, film, play) → méchant m
He was cast as the villain → Il avait le rôle du méchant.

(= scoundrel) → scélérat m

(= criminal) → bandit m

villain

n

(= scoundrel) → Schurke m, → Schurkin f; (inf: = criminal) → Verbrecher(in) m(f), → Ganove m (inf)

(in drama, novel) → Bösewicht m

(inf: = rascal) → Bengel m; he’s the villain of the piece → er ist der Übeltäter

villain

[ˈvɪlən] n → mascalzone m (hum) (rascal) → briccone/a; (scoundrel) → canaglia; (in novel, film) → cattivo (fam) (criminal) → delinquente m

villain

(ˈvilən) noun

a person who is wicked or of very bad character. the villain of the play/story. skurk نَذْل، وَغْد злодей vilão zlosyn der Schurke slyngel κακός, παλιάνθρωποςmalo, malvado, bellaco närukael آدم رذل konna méchant/-ante נבל खलनायक lopov, razbojnik gazember orang jahat þorpari cattivo 悪漢 악당 niekšas nelietis penyangak schurkkjeltring, skurkłajdak بدي، بدرګه، ټيټ،كچه، ورانكارى vilão ticălos злодей zlosyn hudobnež negativac bov, skurk ตัวร้าย (ทางวรรณกรรม) kötü adam 壞人, 惡棍 лиходій, негідник غنڈہ tên côn đồ 坏人，恶棍

ˈvillainous adjective

boosheid نَذْل، خَسيس долен malvado podlý schurkisch slyngelagtig άθλιος, αχρείος, φαύλοςmalvado kaabaklik خبیث konnamainen infâmeמושחת, רשע उपद्रवी lopovski, razbojnički gonosz, hitvány, aljas jahat illa innrættur infame, malvagio 極悪な 악당의 niekšiškas nelietīgs jahat schofterigskurkaktig, ondnikczemny بدو، بدرګه، ټيټ، كچه، ورانكارى تورن، تهمتي: منفور malvado infam, ticălos злодейский podlý, zlý podel zao skurkaktig ชั่วร้าย (ทางวรรณกรรม) alçak, zalim 邪惡的 підлий; лиходійський بدمعاش، پاجي côn đồ, hung ác 邪恶的，恶劣的

ˈvillainy – plural ˈvillainies – noun

(an instance of) wickedness. His villainy was well known. skurkagtigheid دنائَه، نَذالَه низост maldade ničemnost die Schurkerei slyngelagtighed κακία, παλιανθρωπιά malvado, vil, infame kaabaklus شرارت konnuus infamieנבזות, נבלה नीचता, दुष्टता, बुराई बइमाशी lopovluk, razbojništvo gazság kejahatan þorparaskapur, illmennska infamia, malvagità 極悪 비열한 짓 niekðiðkumas nelietība perangai jahat schurkenstreek, schofterigheid kjeltringstrek; skurkaktighet nikczemność بدوالى، شرارت، جرم: ډيره بدخويى maldade infamie злодейство ničomnosť, podlosť podlost podlost skurkaktighet ความชั่วร้าย alçaklık, zalimlik 惡行 підлість; лиходійство غنڈہ گردي hành vi côn đồ 恶行，罪恶

villain

→ وَغْد darebák skurk Bösewicht αχρείος villano roisto méchant negativac furfante 悪党 악한 schurk kjeltring łajdak vilão злодей skurk ตัวชั่วร้าย hain kẻ ác 恶棍