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villain
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vil·lain  (vln)
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 (vln, v-ln) 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.

[Middle English vilein, feudal serf, person of coarse feelings, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *vllnus, feudal serf, from Latin vlla, country house; see weik-1 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. Brit police slang a criminal
5. (Historical Terms) History a variant spelling of villein
6. Obsolete an uncouth person; boor
[from Old French vilein serf, from Late Latin vīllānus worker on a country estate, from Latin: villa]
villainess  fem n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.villain - a wicked or evil personvillain - a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
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 fictionvillain - the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
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
Translations
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 pieceer ist der Übeltäter

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

villain
n villain [ˈvilən]
a person who is wicked or of very bad character the villain of the play/story. skurk نَذْل، وَغْد злодей zlosyn slyngel der Schurke (ο) κακός, παλιάνθρωπος malo, malvado, bellaco närukael آدم رذل konna méchant/-ante נָבָל खलनायक lopov, razbojnik gazember orang jahat þorpari cattivo 悪漢 악당 niekšas nelietis penyangak schurk kjeltring, skurk łajdak vilão ticălos злодей zlosyn hudobnež negativac bov, skurk ตัวร้าย (ทางวรรณกรรม) kötü adam 壞人, 惡棍 лиходій, негідник غنڈہ tên côn đồ ,
adj villainous
boosheid نَذْل، خَسيس долен podlý slyngelagtig schurkisch άθλιος, αχρείος, φαύλος malvado kaabaklik خبیث roistomainen infâme מוּשחָת, רָשָע उपद्रवी lopovski, razbojnički gonosz, hitvány, aljas jahat illa innrættur infame, malvagio 極悪な 악인의, 악랄한 niekšiškas nelietīgs jahat schofterig skurkaktig, ond nikczemny malvado infam, ticălos злодейский podlý, zlý podel zao skurkaktig ชั่วร้าย (ทางวรรณกรรม) alçak, zalim 壞人的 підлий; лиходійський بدمعاش، پاجي côn đồ, hung ác
n villainy
(an instance of) wickedness His villainy was well known. skurkagtigheid دنائَه، نَذالَه низост ničemnost slyngelagtighed die Schurkerei κακία, παλιανθρωπιά malvado, vil, infame kaabaklus شرارت konnuus infamie נִבזוּת, נְבָלָה 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 maldade infamie злодейство ničomnosť, podlosť podlost podlost skurkaktighet ความชั่วร้าย alçaklık, zalimlik 惡行 підлість; лиходійство غنڈہ گردي hành vi côn đồ ,

villain شِرّير zlosyn skurk Bösewicht αχρείος villano roisto méchant negativac furfante 悪党 악한 schurk kjeltring łajdak vilão злодей skurk ตัวชั่วร้าย hain kẻ ác 恶棍


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