Definition of villainous in English:

villainous

adjective ˈvɪlənəsˈvɪlənəs

1Relating to, constituting, or guilty of wicked or criminal behaviour.
邪恶的；罪恶的
a villainous plot
很讨厌的气味。
Example sentencesExamples
- Charlie also is trying to escape the clutches of the villainous Rafi, who has masterminded the evil plot.
- John Kesterton, the deputy headmaster of Tadcaster Grammar School, takes the role of the villainous Bill Sykes, whose poor, unfortunate girlfriend Nancy is played by Tamsin Chadwick, while Shelley Cook is Bet.
- Well, with my vast fortune stolen by the villainous high-way-man Black Scarlet, I must once again make my way in the world.
- With the images of terror still vividly etched in our personal and collective consciousness, it is easy and tempting to project all of modern evil on to terrorists or other villainous people.
- It tells the story of Vindici (played in our film by Christopher Eccleston), who, impoverished and dispossessed, returns to court to murder the villainous duke.
- Quite apart from the power of denial, they also were under the control of a corrupt and villainous mayor for many years.
- ‘I always play bad guys, misunderstood beings,’ says Fraser, who recently lit up the stage as the villainous servant Dubois in Marivaux's Counterfeit Secrets.
- Kenneth Branagh preens himself amusingly as buttery fop, explorer and new Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher Gilderoy Lockhart; Jason Isaacs is disdain personified as the villainous Lucius Malfoy.
- In this critically acclaimed performance, the actor explores and analyses some of Shakespeare's most villainous characters like Lago, the Macbeths, Shylock and Richard III.
- Set during the era of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Gladiator casts Joaquin Phoenix as Aurelius's villainous heir who imprisons hero general Maximus and forces him to become a gladiator.
- Anderson is an evil, reckless, villainous outlaw - in her own words.
- Mr Johnnie Walker, on the other hand, is a villainous incorporation of bloodthirsty evil as he murders cats, devours their hearts live and deep freezes their heads.
- Engaged on a somewhat illegal errand for his brother Darren, in prison on a drugs charge, he witnesses a gangland murder carried out by the villainous Harry Taylor.
- What barbarous, villainous, and depraved acts did he commit that labor leaders and heads of national liberal groups denounce him as the enemy of minorities, the poor, women, and the environment?
- Britain has become a bolt-hole for villainous individuals and criminal organisations from all over the world.
- Just as the novel rewards villainous behavior, so it promotes guilty identification that allows the reader to enjoy moral transgression by association.
- What course will justice take to make those responsible for the villainous wickedness perpetrated on the silent victims pay?
- In the soap, Richard Hillman gained infamy for his dodgy dealings and ruthless behaviour, killing anyone who got in the way of villainous schemes.
- The result of this majestic writing spree is the swashbuckling tale of heroic Prince Rama and his allies, and their universe-rattling battle with the villainous demon king Totsakan and his unruly cohorts.
- Jobless and destitute of funds, McClean enlists with the Black Knight Legion, a band of villainous mercenaries driven by the acquisition of financial gain.
Synonyms
wicked, evil, iniquitous, sinful, nefarious, vile, foul, monstrous, shocking, outrageous, atrocious, abominable, reprehensible, hateful, detestable, despicable, odious, contemptible, horrible, heinous, execrable, diabolical, diabolic, fiendish, vicious, murderous, barbarous, black, dark, rotten
criminal, illicit, unlawful, illegal, illegitimate, lawless, felonious, indictable, transgressing, wrong, immoral, corrupt, degenerate, reprobate, sordid, depraved, dissolute, bad, base, dishonourable, dishonest, unscrupulous, unprincipled, underhand, roguish
informal crooked, bent, warped, low-down, stinking, dirty, shady, rascally, scoundrelly
British informal beastly, not cricket
Law malfeasant
archaic dastardly
rare egregious, flagitious
2informal Extremely bad or unpleasant.
〈非正式〉极坏的；极讨厌的
a villainous smell
很讨厌的气味。
Example sentencesExamples
- Even The Beatles, who had learned their trade in the villainous atmosphere of Hamburg's Star Club, were eased into suits and smiles for consumption by the genteel British public.
- Victor, a tall wiry man with beady eyes and a villainous curly black goatee, announced calmly, unsmiling.
- His black mustache-goatee-beard combo made him look a little more villainous, or perhaps a little more dashing.
- Even in the nineteenth century a dean of Westminster Abbey refused to allow a plaque honouring the villainous author of Paradise Lost to stain the abbey's walls, although later deans allowed a bust in Poet's Corner.
- He shot Janine a villainous grin as he pulled the car from his parking spot, she gave him an unamused look, but it became a playful grin seconds later.
- ‘Not really,’ I shook my head, feeling that villainous grin coming back to me.
- Owen backed up a step as Solstice rubbed up against him, indulging in a villainous grin.
- Nurse, my former care-giver who ran off with the villainous Black Scarlet.
- But its lessons, on closer examination, are less straightforward than the clichés of the doomed inventor and the villainous mogul might suggest.

Derivatives

villainously

adverb ˈvɪlənəsliˈvɪlənəsli

as submodifier these chairs are villainously uncomfortable
Example sentencesExamples
- He villainously accuses Chénier falsely before a revolutionary tribunal in order that he can get access to Maddalena because he, Gérard, is in love with her.
- The snake grinned villainously, and began inching toward me, but then my blood turned warm again.
- Recent provocative and hooliganistic statements have villainously slandered our nation and threatened the joyful happiness of our people.
- ‘Now,’ He grinned villainously, ‘You're going to do anything and everything that I want.’
- We are simply enclosed in a media-dominated world of signs, villainously generated by capitalism to synthesize our desires, which only really refer to one another within an entrapping chain of ideas.

villainousness

noun

The story remains, as Thackeray subtitled it, one ‘Without a Hero,’ but by removing the very villainousness of his villain, Nair also removes any reason for us to be interested in her.
Example sentencesExamples
- Their villainousness is so striking that the reader of the plays cannot help contemplating the dark side of human nature and exploring the motives of their evil behavior.
- The ferociousness with which a protagonist's lipliner is applied increases in direct proportion with their villainousness.;
- For some of us he was the main reason for tuning in - a fact not lost on casting directors who appreciate that Rickman's own brand of dark villainousness attracts more than a few female fans.
- As the cabal's infiltrant, Dolores Umbridge, Staunton is pitch-perfect in her twinkle-eyed, campy villainousness.

Definition of villainous in US English:

villainous

adjectiveˈvilənəsˈvɪlənəs

1Relating to, constituting, or guilty of wicked or criminal behavior.
邪恶的；罪恶的
his group of villainous accomplices are wreaking havoc on the city
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘I always play bad guys, misunderstood beings,’ says Fraser, who recently lit up the stage as the villainous servant Dubois in Marivaux's Counterfeit Secrets.
- Charlie also is trying to escape the clutches of the villainous Rafi, who has masterminded the evil plot.
- John Kesterton, the deputy headmaster of Tadcaster Grammar School, takes the role of the villainous Bill Sykes, whose poor, unfortunate girlfriend Nancy is played by Tamsin Chadwick, while Shelley Cook is Bet.
- With the images of terror still vividly etched in our personal and collective consciousness, it is easy and tempting to project all of modern evil on to terrorists or other villainous people.
- What course will justice take to make those responsible for the villainous wickedness perpetrated on the silent victims pay?
- Britain has become a bolt-hole for villainous individuals and criminal organisations from all over the world.
- The result of this majestic writing spree is the swashbuckling tale of heroic Prince Rama and his allies, and their universe-rattling battle with the villainous demon king Totsakan and his unruly cohorts.
- What barbarous, villainous, and depraved acts did he commit that labor leaders and heads of national liberal groups denounce him as the enemy of minorities, the poor, women, and the environment?
- Just as the novel rewards villainous behavior, so it promotes guilty identification that allows the reader to enjoy moral transgression by association.
- Kenneth Branagh preens himself amusingly as buttery fop, explorer and new Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher Gilderoy Lockhart; Jason Isaacs is disdain personified as the villainous Lucius Malfoy.
- Anderson is an evil, reckless, villainous outlaw - in her own words.
- Jobless and destitute of funds, McClean enlists with the Black Knight Legion, a band of villainous mercenaries driven by the acquisition of financial gain.
- In this critically acclaimed performance, the actor explores and analyses some of Shakespeare's most villainous characters like Lago, the Macbeths, Shylock and Richard III.
- It tells the story of Vindici (played in our film by Christopher Eccleston), who, impoverished and dispossessed, returns to court to murder the villainous duke.
- Quite apart from the power of denial, they also were under the control of a corrupt and villainous mayor for many years.
- Mr Johnnie Walker, on the other hand, is a villainous incorporation of bloodthirsty evil as he murders cats, devours their hearts live and deep freezes their heads.
- Engaged on a somewhat illegal errand for his brother Darren, in prison on a drugs charge, he witnesses a gangland murder carried out by the villainous Harry Taylor.
- Set during the era of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Gladiator casts Joaquin Phoenix as Aurelius's villainous heir who imprisons hero general Maximus and forces him to become a gladiator.
- Well, with my vast fortune stolen by the villainous high-way-man Black Scarlet, I must once again make my way in the world.
- In the soap, Richard Hillman gained infamy for his dodgy dealings and ruthless behaviour, killing anyone who got in the way of villainous schemes.
Synonyms
wicked, evil, iniquitous, sinful, nefarious, vile, foul, monstrous, shocking, outrageous, atrocious, abominable, reprehensible, hateful, detestable, despicable, odious, contemptible, horrible, heinous, execrable, diabolical, diabolic, fiendish, vicious, murderous, barbarous, black, dark, rotten
1. 1.1informal Extremely bad or unpleasant.
  〈非正式〉极坏的；极讨厌的
  a villainous smell
  很讨厌的气味。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He shot Janine a villainous grin as he pulled the car from his parking spot, she gave him an unamused look, but it became a playful grin seconds later.
  Nurse, my former care-giver who ran off with the villainous Black Scarlet.
  Even The Beatles, who had learned their trade in the villainous atmosphere of Hamburg's Star Club, were eased into suits and smiles for consumption by the genteel British public.
  Even in the nineteenth century a dean of Westminster Abbey refused to allow a plaque honouring the villainous author of Paradise Lost to stain the abbey's walls, although later deans allowed a bust in Poet's Corner.
  His black mustache-goatee-beard combo made him look a little more villainous, or perhaps a little more dashing.
  Owen backed up a step as Solstice rubbed up against him, indulging in a villainous grin.
  But its lessons, on closer examination, are less straightforward than the clichés of the doomed inventor and the villainous mogul might suggest.
  ‘Not really,’ I shook my head, feeling that villainous grin coming back to me.
  Victor, a tall wiry man with beady eyes and a villainous curly black goatee, announced calmly, unsmiling.

单词	villainous
释义	Definition of villainous in English: villainous adjective ˈvɪlənəsˈvɪlənəs 1Relating to, constituting, or guilty of wicked or criminal behaviour. 邪恶的；罪恶的 a villainous plot 很讨厌的气味。 Example sentencesExamples Charlie also is trying to escape the clutches of the villainous Rafi, who has masterminded the evil plot. John Kesterton, the deputy headmaster of Tadcaster Grammar School, takes the role of the villainous Bill Sykes, whose poor, unfortunate girlfriend Nancy is played by Tamsin Chadwick, while Shelley Cook is Bet. Well, with my vast fortune stolen by the villainous high-way-man Black Scarlet, I must once again make my way in the world. With the images of terror still vividly etched in our personal and collective consciousness, it is easy and tempting to project all of modern evil on to terrorists or other villainous people. It tells the story of Vindici (played in our film by Christopher Eccleston), who, impoverished and dispossessed, returns to court to murder the villainous duke. Quite apart from the power of denial, they also were under the control of a corrupt and villainous mayor for many years. ‘I always play bad guys, misunderstood beings,’ says Fraser, who recently lit up the stage as the villainous servant Dubois in Marivaux's Counterfeit Secrets. Kenneth Branagh preens himself amusingly as buttery fop, explorer and new Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher Gilderoy Lockhart; Jason Isaacs is disdain personified as the villainous Lucius Malfoy. In this critically acclaimed performance, the actor explores and analyses some of Shakespeare's most villainous characters like Lago, the Macbeths, Shylock and Richard III. Set during the era of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Gladiator casts Joaquin Phoenix as Aurelius's villainous heir who imprisons hero general Maximus and forces him to become a gladiator. Anderson is an evil, reckless, villainous outlaw - in her own words. Mr Johnnie Walker, on the other hand, is a villainous incorporation of bloodthirsty evil as he murders cats, devours their hearts live and deep freezes their heads. Engaged on a somewhat illegal errand for his brother Darren, in prison on a drugs charge, he witnesses a gangland murder carried out by the villainous Harry Taylor. What barbarous, villainous, and depraved acts did he commit that labor leaders and heads of national liberal groups denounce him as the enemy of minorities, the poor, women, and the environment? Britain has become a bolt-hole for villainous individuals and criminal organisations from all over the world. Just as the novel rewards villainous behavior, so it promotes guilty identification that allows the reader to enjoy moral transgression by association. What course will justice take to make those responsible for the villainous wickedness perpetrated on the silent victims pay? In the soap, Richard Hillman gained infamy for his dodgy dealings and ruthless behaviour, killing anyone who got in the way of villainous schemes. The result of this majestic writing spree is the swashbuckling tale of heroic Prince Rama and his allies, and their universe-rattling battle with the villainous demon king Totsakan and his unruly cohorts. Jobless and destitute of funds, McClean enlists with the Black Knight Legion, a band of villainous mercenaries driven by the acquisition of financial gain. Synonyms wicked, evil, iniquitous, sinful, nefarious, vile, foul, monstrous, shocking, outrageous, atrocious, abominable, reprehensible, hateful, detestable, despicable, odious, contemptible, horrible, heinous, execrable, diabolical, diabolic, fiendish, vicious, murderous, barbarous, black, dark, rotten criminal, illicit, unlawful, illegal, illegitimate, lawless, felonious, indictable, transgressing, wrong, immoral, corrupt, degenerate, reprobate, sordid, depraved, dissolute, bad, base, dishonourable, dishonest, unscrupulous, unprincipled, underhand, roguish informal crooked, bent, warped, low-down, stinking, dirty, shady, rascally, scoundrelly British informal beastly, not cricket Law malfeasant archaic dastardly rare egregious, flagitious 2informal Extremely bad or unpleasant. 〈非正式〉极坏的；极讨厌的 a villainous smell 很讨厌的气味。 Example sentencesExamples Even The Beatles, who had learned their trade in the villainous atmosphere of Hamburg's Star Club, were eased into suits and smiles for consumption by the genteel British public. Victor, a tall wiry man with beady eyes and a villainous curly black goatee, announced calmly, unsmiling. His black mustache-goatee-beard combo made him look a little more villainous, or perhaps a little more dashing. Even in the nineteenth century a dean of Westminster Abbey refused to allow a plaque honouring the villainous author of Paradise Lost to stain the abbey's walls, although later deans allowed a bust in Poet's Corner. He shot Janine a villainous grin as he pulled the car from his parking spot, she gave him an unamused look, but it became a playful grin seconds later. ‘Not really,’ I shook my head, feeling that villainous grin coming back to me. Owen backed up a step as Solstice rubbed up against him, indulging in a villainous grin. Nurse, my former care-giver who ran off with the villainous Black Scarlet. But its lessons, on closer examination, are less straightforward than the clichés of the doomed inventor and the villainous mogul might suggest. Derivatives villainously adverb ˈvɪlənəsliˈvɪlənəsli as submodifier these chairs are villainously uncomfortable Example sentencesExamples He villainously accuses Chénier falsely before a revolutionary tribunal in order that he can get access to Maddalena because he, Gérard, is in love with her. The snake grinned villainously, and began inching toward me, but then my blood turned warm again. Recent provocative and hooliganistic statements have villainously slandered our nation and threatened the joyful happiness of our people. ‘Now,’ He grinned villainously, ‘You're going to do anything and everything that I want.’ We are simply enclosed in a media-dominated world of signs, villainously generated by capitalism to synthesize our desires, which only really refer to one another within an entrapping chain of ideas. villainousness noun The story remains, as Thackeray subtitled it, one ‘Without a Hero,’ but by removing the very villainousness of his villain, Nair also removes any reason for us to be interested in her. Example sentencesExamples Their villainousness is so striking that the reader of the plays cannot help contemplating the dark side of human nature and exploring the motives of their evil behavior. The ferociousness with which a protagonist's lipliner is applied increases in direct proportion with their villainousness.; For some of us he was the main reason for tuning in - a fact not lost on casting directors who appreciate that Rickman's own brand of dark villainousness attracts more than a few female fans. As the cabal's infiltrant, Dolores Umbridge, Staunton is pitch-perfect in her twinkle-eyed, campy villainousness. Definition of villainous in US English: villainous adjectiveˈvilənəsˈvɪlənəs 1Relating to, constituting, or guilty of wicked or criminal behavior. 邪恶的；罪恶的 his group of villainous accomplices are wreaking havoc on the city Example sentencesExamples ‘I always play bad guys, misunderstood beings,’ says Fraser, who recently lit up the stage as the villainous servant Dubois in Marivaux's Counterfeit Secrets. Charlie also is trying to escape the clutches of the villainous Rafi, who has masterminded the evil plot. John Kesterton, the deputy headmaster of Tadcaster Grammar School, takes the role of the villainous Bill Sykes, whose poor, unfortunate girlfriend Nancy is played by Tamsin Chadwick, while Shelley Cook is Bet. With the images of terror still vividly etched in our personal and collective consciousness, it is easy and tempting to project all of modern evil on to terrorists or other villainous people. What course will justice take to make those responsible for the villainous wickedness perpetrated on the silent victims pay? Britain has become a bolt-hole for villainous individuals and criminal organisations from all over the world. The result of this majestic writing spree is the swashbuckling tale of heroic Prince Rama and his allies, and their universe-rattling battle with the villainous demon king Totsakan and his unruly cohorts. What barbarous, villainous, and depraved acts did he commit that labor leaders and heads of national liberal groups denounce him as the enemy of minorities, the poor, women, and the environment? Just as the novel rewards villainous behavior, so it promotes guilty identification that allows the reader to enjoy moral transgression by association. Kenneth Branagh preens himself amusingly as buttery fop, explorer and new Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher Gilderoy Lockhart; Jason Isaacs is disdain personified as the villainous Lucius Malfoy. Anderson is an evil, reckless, villainous outlaw - in her own words. Jobless and destitute of funds, McClean enlists with the Black Knight Legion, a band of villainous mercenaries driven by the acquisition of financial gain. In this critically acclaimed performance, the actor explores and analyses some of Shakespeare's most villainous characters like Lago, the Macbeths, Shylock and Richard III. It tells the story of Vindici (played in our film by Christopher Eccleston), who, impoverished and dispossessed, returns to court to murder the villainous duke. Quite apart from the power of denial, they also were under the control of a corrupt and villainous mayor for many years. Mr Johnnie Walker, on the other hand, is a villainous incorporation of bloodthirsty evil as he murders cats, devours their hearts live and deep freezes their heads. Engaged on a somewhat illegal errand for his brother Darren, in prison on a drugs charge, he witnesses a gangland murder carried out by the villainous Harry Taylor. Set during the era of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Gladiator casts Joaquin Phoenix as Aurelius's villainous heir who imprisons hero general Maximus and forces him to become a gladiator. Well, with my vast fortune stolen by the villainous high-way-man Black Scarlet, I must once again make my way in the world. In the soap, Richard Hillman gained infamy for his dodgy dealings and ruthless behaviour, killing anyone who got in the way of villainous schemes. Synonyms wicked, evil, iniquitous, sinful, nefarious, vile, foul, monstrous, shocking, outrageous, atrocious, abominable, reprehensible, hateful, detestable, despicable, odious, contemptible, horrible, heinous, execrable, diabolical, diabolic, fiendish, vicious, murderous, barbarous, black, dark, rotten 1.1informal Extremely bad or unpleasant. 〈非正式〉极坏的；极讨厌的 a villainous smell 很讨厌的气味。 Example sentencesExamples He shot Janine a villainous grin as he pulled the car from his parking spot, she gave him an unamused look, but it became a playful grin seconds later. Nurse, my former care-giver who ran off with the villainous Black Scarlet. Even The Beatles, who had learned their trade in the villainous atmosphere of Hamburg's Star Club, were eased into suits and smiles for consumption by the genteel British public. Even in the nineteenth century a dean of Westminster Abbey refused to allow a plaque honouring the villainous author of Paradise Lost to stain the abbey's walls, although later deans allowed a bust in Poet's Corner. His black mustache-goatee-beard combo made him look a little more villainous, or perhaps a little more dashing. Owen backed up a step as Solstice rubbed up against him, indulging in a villainous grin. But its lessons, on closer examination, are less straightforward than the clichés of the doomed inventor and the villainous mogul might suggest. ‘Not really,’ I shook my head, feeling that villainous grin coming back to me. Victor, a tall wiry man with beady eyes and a villainous curly black goatee, announced calmly, unsmiling.
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