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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vil•lain•ous (vil′ə nəs),USA pronunciation adj. - having a cruel, wicked, malicious nature or character.
- of, pertaining to, or befitting a villain:villainous treachery.
- outrageously base, wicked, or vile:a villainous attack on his character.
- very objectionable or unpleasant;
bad;
wretched:a villainous storm.
- 1300–50; Middle English; see villain, -ous
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: villainous /ˈvɪlənəs/ adj - of, like, or appropriate to a villain
- very bad or disagreeable: a villainous climate
ˈvillainously adv ˈvillainousness n vil•lain /ˈvɪlən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a cruel or evil person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime;
a scoundrel. - Literaturea character in a play, novel, or the like who commits cruel and evil deeds.
- Literaturea person, condition, etc., regarded as the source of a problem or evil:Unemployment is a constant villain.
vil•lain•ous, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vil•lain (vil′ən),USA pronunciation n. - a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime;
scoundrel. - Literaturea character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot.
- Law, World Historyvillein.
- Late Latin villānus a farm servant. See villa, -an
- Middle French
- Middle English vilein, vilain 1275–1325
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged knave, rascal, rapscallion, rogue, scamp.
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