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The meaning of VILLAIN is a character in a story or play who opposes the hero. How to use villain in a sentence.
A villain (also known as a "black hat" or " bad guy "; the feminine form is villainess) is a stock character, whether based on a historical narrative or one of literary fiction.
noun. a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel. Synonyms: scamp, rogue, rapscallion, rascal, knave. a character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot.
villain. noun [ C ] us / ˈvɪl·ən /. Add to word list. a bad person who harms other people or breaks the law, or a cruel or evil character in a book, play, or film: In her version of the story, Hoover emerges as the villain.
Synonyms for VILLAIN: brute, monster, devil, criminal, savage, offender, beast, scoundrel; Antonyms of VILLAIN: innocent, hero, angel, saint.
A villain is a bad person — real or made up. In books, movies, current events, or history, the villain is the character who does mean, evil things on purpose.
a person who is morally bad or responsible for causing trouble or harm. the heroes and villains of the 20th century. Industrialized nations are the real environmental villains. Extra Examples. Topics Personal qualities b2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. (informal) a criminal. The police still haven't caught the villain.
1. a person guilty of or likely to commit great crimes; evil or wicked person; scoundrel. 2. a wicked or unprincipled character in a novel, play, etc. who opposes the protagonist or hero. 3. someone or something regarded as the cause of a problem, difficulty, injustice, etc. 4. alt. sp. of. villein.
VILLAIN meaning: 1 : a character in a story, movie, etc., who does bad things; 2 : a person who does bad things.
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