villain of the piece
informalThe villain of the piece is someone or something that is seen as being the cause of trouble on a particular occasion:
When the minister was forced to resign, the press was generally seen as the villain of the piece.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unpleasant people in general
- a dog in the manger idiom
- a nasty piece of work idiom
- a tough/hard nut idiom
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- bad lot
- intruder
- know-all
- know-it-all
- leech
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- roadman
- rotter
- runt
- sadist
- scum
- twat
- undesirables
- vermin
- villain
- viper
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