villain

noun

vil·lain ˈvi-lən

Synonyms of villain next

: a character in a story or play who opposes the hero

: a deliberate scoundrel or criminal

: one blamed for a particular evil or difficulty

automation as the villain in job … displacement—

M. H. Goldberg

: villein

: an uncouth person : boor

Examples of villain in a Sentence

He plays the villain in most of his movies. She describes her first husband as a villain who treated her terribly. Don't try to make me the villain. It's your own fault that you're having these problems.

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Also tossed in are picturesque but gratuitous use of famous tourist landmarks as background, near-superheroic training montages, credible intimate character dynamics, a ruthless villain (Johan Heldenbergh as Vanaken) and action that in the home stretch goes absurdly over-the-top. —

Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025 And though Young and (especially) the perpetrators of the massacre are clearly the villains of the piece, their past history at least partly explains their choices. —

Keith Phipps, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025 Even with a lightsaber in his hands and a handful of hostages, our villain seems to be at a disadvantage and forced to continue to improvise. —

Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2025 If finance were just a morality tale, in which there were villains who need to be contained, the remedy for unstable finance would be extremely simple: tough regulation. —

The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for villain