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Meanings of villain in English

Catalan
poca-vergonya

A wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately.

poca-vergonya
Portuguese
vilões
Catalan
dolent

The principal bad character in a film or work of fiction.

vilões
Synonyms
Examples for "baddie"
Examples for "baddie"
1
I don't know if Jane Eyre's Bertha Rochester really is a baddie.
The Guardian
2
Which 2004 film featured North Korea's Kim Jong-Il as its mastermind baddie?
The Irish Times
3
There are no aliens, no ghosts, or any other conventional videogame baddie.
Wired
4
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Satanic baddie... Norton as Tommy Lee Royce in Happy Valley.
The Guardian
5
The Summer Lady is our baddie, and the Winter Knight is her bitch.
Summer knight
Usage of villain in English
1
In the great majority of cases, a villain exists to be defeated.
The Guardian
2
Perhaps she needs to go the other way and try a villain?
News.com.au
3
Cowell drew 39 percent of the vote for best reality TV villain.
Reuters
4
A fourth book on the iconic villain's early days is due soon.
The Guardian
5
There's a qualifying event before the main struggle with the main villain.
Ebony
6
There is no hero or villain in this long war, she said.
Reuters
7
She gathers facts and data and follows the information to the villain.
The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers
8
They were a present from the guest villain a few months ago.
Blood rites
9
The conductor is a villain and was in collusion with the police.
Jennie Baxter, Journalist
10
No one will believe Mrs. Clark, now that she's the new villain.
Haunted: a novel of stories
11
The ball of the villain has found a lodgment in my breast.
Wacousta : a tale of the Pontiac conspiracy — Volume 1
12
He played the pantomime villain role perfectly and made millions doing it.
The Guardian
13
He was a hero or villain, depending on your point of view.
Independent.ie
14
There was murder gleaming in the lurid eyes of the villain, Barkswell.
Five Thousand Dollars Reward
15
The eyes of Perry Jounce pierced the guilty villain to the quick.
Five Thousand Dollars Reward
16
The villain from whom I hired the outfit said it was complete.
In the Midst of Alarms
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Translations for villain
Portuguese
vilõesvilão
Villain through the time
Villain across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Australia
Common
Ireland
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