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1. (n.) villain
a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel.
2. villain
a character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot.
Etymology: (1275–1325; < MF < LL villānus a farm servant)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) villain, scoundrel
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
2. (noun) villain, baddie
the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
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1. (noun) villain
a bad character in a movie or book
It's not obvious who the villains are at the beginning.
2. villain
a criminal or an immoral person
a notorious villain
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) villain
villainous
2. (noun) villain
one who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant
3. (noun) villain
a baseborn or clownish person; a boor
4. (noun) villain
a vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel; a knave; a rascal; a scamp
5. (verb) villain
to debase; to degrade
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Sense: a person who is wicked or of very bad character
the villain of the play/story.
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 Afrikaans: skurk |
 Arabic: نَذْل، وَغْد |
 Bulgarian: злодей |
 Brazilian: vilão |
 Czech: zlosyn |
 German: der Schurke |
 Danish: slyngel |
 Greek: (ο) κακός, παλιάνθρωπος |
 Spanish: malo, malvado, bellaco |
 Estonian: närukael |
 Farsi: آدم رذل |
 Finnish: konna |
 French: méchant/-ante |
 Hebrew: נָבָל |
 Hindi: खलनायक |
 Croatian: lopov, razbojnik |
 Hungarian: gazember |
 Indonesian: orang jahat |
 Icelandic: þorpari |
 Italian: cattivo |
 Japanese: 悪漢 |
 Korean: 악당 |
 Lithuanian: niekšas |
 Latvian: nelietis |
 Malay: penyangak |
 Dutch: schurk |
 Norwegian: kjeltring, skurk |
 Polish: łajdak |
 Persian: آدم رذل |
 Pashto: بدي، بدرګه، ټيټ،كچه، وران |
 Portuguese: vilão |
 Romanian: ticălos |
 Russian: злодей |
 Slovak: zlosyn |
 Slovenian: hudobnež |
 Serbian: negativac |
 Swedish: bov, skurk |
 Thai: ตัวร้าย (ทางวรรณกรรม) |
 Turkish: kötü adam |
 Taiwanese: 壞人, 惡棍 |
 Ukrainian: лиходій, негідник |
 Urdu: غنڈہ |
 Vietnamese: tên côn đồ |
 Chinese: 坏人，恶棍 |
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