| 单词 | villainy |
| 释义 | villainy (once / 2664 pages) n Villainy is a characteristic of being evil or wicked. A movie character's villainy is what makes him the bad guy, the one the audience roots against. You might be surprised to learn of your next door neighbor's villainy — if, say, he turned out to be a bank robber. In comic books, superheroes fight against villainy, battling the villains. Villainy, in fact, comes from villain, rooted in the Medieval Latin villanus, "farmhand." A villain was once a "peasant," then a "boor" or "clown," and finally a "scoundrel." WORD FAMILYvillainy: villainies USAGE EXAMPLESThe winner of this battle will determine whether the Trump name forever becomes synonymous with climate heroism or villainy. The Guardian(Dec 12, 2016) "Some consumers were buying Trump items as they associated him with villainy, others as he was perceived as a hero," she says. BBC(Nov 16, 2016) If she decided one day that she would like to try out villainy, we would all be in a lot of trouble. New York Times(Nov 05, 2016) 1n the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior Syn|Hyper villainousness evil, evilness the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice 2n a criminal or vicious act Hyper evildoing, transgression the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle |
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