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villain::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | scoundrel |
| Type of | unwelcome person, persona non grata |
| Has types | cad, dog, gallows bird, heel, hound, knave, villainess, bounder, rogue, scalawag, scallywag, varlet, blackguard, rapscallion, rascal |
| Derivation | villainous |
Examples of villain
villain
In the future, the world has fallen to a villain who has discovered time travel.
From the usatoday.com
I read somewhere that he has agreed to play the villain in a new Superman movie.
From the theaustralian.com.au
Enough to buy them an aquarium that's more Bond-villain lair than goldfish bowl?
From the dailymail.co.uk
It shows a thick-set ruffian with the moustache of a villain in a Chaplin movie.
From the independent.co.uk
Unfortunately, the woman's suitor, a villain at heart, means to keep them apart.
From the washingtonpost.com
Depending on who's speaking, coal is either the villain or part of the solution.
From the bloomberg.com
An endangered species that now seems sympathetic could quickly become a villain.
From the abcnews.go.com
Don't really have a villain, but at Somerset I never got on with Richard Harden.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
There's loads of biographies that kind of treat Lucrezia as a villain, you know?
From the orlandosentinel.com
- A wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
- The principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
- (villainous) nefarious: extremely wicked; "nefarious schemes"; "a villainous plot"; "a villainous band of thieves"
- (villainy) the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior
- (villainy) a criminal or vicious act
- A villain (also known in film and literature as the "bad guy", "black hat", or "heavy") is an "evil" character in a story, whether a historical narrative or, especially, a work of fiction. ...
- Villain is a 1971 gangster film directed by Michael Tuchner and starring Richard Burton, Ian McShane, T.P. McKenna and Donald Sinden.
- Villain is a 2002 Tamil film directed by K.S. Ravikumar. The film stars Ajith Kumar, Meena, Kiran Rathod, Karunaas, and Ramesh Khanna. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Vidyasagar.
- Villain (u60AAu4EBA, Akunin?) is a 2010 Japanese film directed by Lee Sang-il, based on Shuichi Yoshida's crime noir novel of the same name...
