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- Dictionaryvillain/ˈvɪlən/
noun
- 1. (in a film, novel, or play) a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot: "a pantomime villain"
- 2. variant spelling of villein archaic
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VILLAIN definition: 1. a bad person who harms other people or breaks the law: 2. a criminal: 3. a character in a…. Learn more.
The meaning of VILLAIN is a character in a story or play who opposes the hero. How to use villain in a sentence.
1. countable noun. A villain is someone who deliberately harms other people or breaks the law in order to get what he or she wants. 2. countable noun. The villain in a novel, film, or play is the main bad character. 3. See the villain of the piece. More Synonyms of villain. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
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.
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.
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. a person or thing considered to be the cause of something bad:
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 wicked or evil person; a scoundrel. 2. A dramatic or fictional character who is typically at odds with the hero. 3. (also vĭl′ān′, vĭ-lān′) Variant of villein. 4. Something said to be the cause of particular trouble or an evil: poverty, the villain in the increase of crime. 5. Obsolete A peasant regarded as vile and brutish.
VILLAIN definition: a bad person in a film, book, etc. Learn more.
Definition of villain – Learner’s Dictionary. villain. noun [ C ] uk / ˈvɪlən / us. Add to word list. a bad person in a film, book, etc. (Definition of villain from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of villain. in Chinese (Traditional) 流氓, 惡棍, 罪犯… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 流氓, 恶棍, 罪犯… See more.
