villainous

[US]/ˈvɪlənəs/
[UK]/ˈvɪlənəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. Wicked or evil in nature; characteristic of a villain.

Example Sentences

a villainous band of thieves.

the villainous crimes of the terrorists.

This is a villainous pair of shoes; they have ruined my feet.

Real-world Examples

After that, these villainous attempts were not repeated.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

Look at his eye — for all the world like a villainous sort of black currant.

Source: Returning Home

Villainous school bully Draco Malfoy really should have known better than to mess with our Miss Granger.

Source: Exciting moments of Harry Potter

And each of these characters, whether heroic or villainous, is also assigned personality trait scores based on their fictional portrayals.

Source: Simple Psychology

I don't much wonder either, on such a villainous night.

Source: The Gadfly (Original Version)

He's under the thumb of a villainous money-lender; we are solvent citizens.

Source: Amateur Thief Rafiz

It is wholly wrong to place so villainous a beast in the sun.

Source: Goose Palm Queen Barbecue Restaurant (Part 1)

In just one year, Stravinsky had gone from villainous monster to hipster icon.

Source: Radio Laboratory

She was in the power of equally villainous men-brutal savages of the lowest order.

Source: Son of Mount Tai (Part 2)

The villainous acts which I now have to do are (first) less frequent; (second) less mean.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Four)

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