villainess

noun

vil·​lain·​ess ˈvi-lə-nəs How to pronounce villainess (audio)
: a woman who is a villain

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The villainess is obsessed with asking her Magic Mirror who's the fairest of them all. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025 Before Blanchett played the Evil Stepmother of 2015’s Cinderella, Wiegler was the actress’s first stab at a fairy-tale-like villainess, rocking a white-trash accent offset by her sleek outfits and lethal skills with a gun. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2025 The premise, as always with this genre, is in the title: A 52-year-old bureaucrat and father has been hit by a truck (classic) and reborn in another world as the teenage villainess of his daughter’s favorite otome game (typically, romance games aimed at women). Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025 In 2017, San Martin also had an arc on CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful as Mateo, a handsome groundskeeper at Forrester Manor, who soon becomes involved in one of villainess Sheila’s schemes. Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 20 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for villainess

Word History

First Known Use

1586, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of villainess was in 1586

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“Villainess.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/villainess. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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villainess

noun
vil·​lain·​ess ˈvil-ə-nəs How to pronounce villainess (audio)
: a woman who is a villain

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