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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 "scoundrel"
              Examples for "scoundrel"
              1
              Then answer me one question: is Wennerström a scoundrel or isn't he?
              The girl with the dragon tattoo
              2
              You have married in my son the biggest scoundrel in the county.
              Dawn
              3
              He is the most intolerable scoundrel on the face of the earth.
              Bleak House
              4
              The paragraph recorded the finding of the body of the drunken scoundrel.
              The Mark of the Beast
              5
              Every Class II in the house will know you are a scoundrel!
              Android Karenina
              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
              Less common
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