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Definition of villainy in English: villainynounPlural villainies ˈvɪləniˈvɪləni mass nounWicked or criminal behaviour. 恶行;犯罪(行为) the villainy of professional racketeers 职业诈骗者的犯罪行为。 count noun minor villainies 轻度犯罪行为。 Example sentencesExamples - They belong to a different era of movie villainy - the silent days.
- The narrative requires a victim who can play the role of innocence aggrieved and a defendant who can embody pure villainy.
- His velvety-voiced villainy sent pleasurable shivers up the spine.
- As we keep saying, these systems will only work on people who actively want to cooperate and be rehabilitated, and aren't applicable on a wide scale to people who just want to stay out of prison while carrying on their life of villainy.
- In Gotham City, villainy always seems the more fun option.
- He also reads newspapers and is, therefore, aware that our fictional villainy is currently being given a factual twist.
- Will the power of good, represented by the brash young Cheng and his elderly mentor Master Cheung, be able to overpower the pure diabolic villainy of Evil Cat?
- The producer, in the role of the mastermind, is avarice and villainy personified, as the role demands.
- But the very complexity of the narrative - a tale of villainy and suspense - has made it difficult to adapt.
- He's a racing driver who lives in a junkyard and fights villainy.
- Moore's story goes much deeper into the psychology of his characters than he did in the first adventure, fleshing out the already rather meaty Edward Hyde beyond his pantomime villainy.
- No story can parallel the villainy and wickednesses of this man
- Corruption and villainy takes place in every section of society and that was a crucial part of the novel.
- The actor brings a little too much moustache-twisting villainy to Edmund, a role that already has more than its fair share.
- Like any sea-port, Marseille has always been a tough town with its fair share of villainy.
- Johnny Canuck would never be corrupted, and would fight to his last breath to defend our nation against evil and villainy.
- I wonder how much of his villainy is revenge on nature and human beings.
- On my return I found nothing but villainy and evil.
- This is the minimum price the vandals must be made to pay for their villainy.
- It showed supernatural power being used to combat greed, lust and villainy.
Synonyms wickedness, badness, evil, evil-doing, sin, sinfulness, iniquity, vileness, baseness, wrong, wrongdoing, dishonesty, double-dealing, unscrupulousness, roguery, rascality, delinquency, disgrace, viciousness, degeneracy, depravity, dissolution, dissipation, immorality, turpitude, devilry, devilishness, heinousness crime, vice, criminality, lawlessness, lawbreaking, corruption, venality offence, misdeed, misconduct, transgression informal crookedness, shadiness Law malfeasance archaic knavery, deviltry
OriginMiddle English: from Old French vilenie, from vilein (see villain). Definition of villainy in US English: villainynounˈvilənēˈvɪləni Wicked or criminal behavior. 恶行;犯罪(行为) the villainy of professional racketeers 职业诈骗者的犯罪行为。 轻度犯罪行为。 Example sentencesExamples - The actor brings a little too much moustache-twisting villainy to Edmund, a role that already has more than its fair share.
- The producer, in the role of the mastermind, is avarice and villainy personified, as the role demands.
- In Gotham City, villainy always seems the more fun option.
- Like any sea-port, Marseille has always been a tough town with its fair share of villainy.
- They belong to a different era of movie villainy - the silent days.
- On my return I found nothing but villainy and evil.
- It showed supernatural power being used to combat greed, lust and villainy.
- No story can parallel the villainy and wickednesses of this man
- Johnny Canuck would never be corrupted, and would fight to his last breath to defend our nation against evil and villainy.
- The narrative requires a victim who can play the role of innocence aggrieved and a defendant who can embody pure villainy.
- His velvety-voiced villainy sent pleasurable shivers up the spine.
- Will the power of good, represented by the brash young Cheng and his elderly mentor Master Cheung, be able to overpower the pure diabolic villainy of Evil Cat?
- I wonder how much of his villainy is revenge on nature and human beings.
- Corruption and villainy takes place in every section of society and that was a crucial part of the novel.
- But the very complexity of the narrative - a tale of villainy and suspense - has made it difficult to adapt.
- He's a racing driver who lives in a junkyard and fights villainy.
- Moore's story goes much deeper into the psychology of his characters than he did in the first adventure, fleshing out the already rather meaty Edward Hyde beyond his pantomime villainy.
- This is the minimum price the vandals must be made to pay for their villainy.
- As we keep saying, these systems will only work on people who actively want to cooperate and be rehabilitated, and aren't applicable on a wide scale to people who just want to stay out of prison while carrying on their life of villainy.
- He also reads newspapers and is, therefore, aware that our fictional villainy is currently being given a factual twist.
Synonyms wickedness, badness, evil, evil-doing, sin, sinfulness, iniquity, vileness, baseness, wrong, wrongdoing, dishonesty, double-dealing, unscrupulousness, roguery, rascality, delinquency, disgrace, viciousness, degeneracy, depravity, dissolution, dissipation, immorality, turpitude, devilry, devilishness, heinousness
OriginMiddle English: from Old French vilenie, from vilein (see villain). |