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a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
only a heartless villain would kidnap a baby for ransom
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Recent Examples of villains
On Foods That Sabotage Your Sleep Tollemache emphasizes that these seven foods aren’t villains.
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Tired of seeing Hugh Grant plays villains and creeps?
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
The evening, which typically features unique meet-and-greets with Disney villains as well as a parade and an illuminated, ever-so-slightly spooky walk through the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail, usually sells out.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
The health industry’s executives — insurers, pharma, even hospitals — have become popular villains.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 6 Dec. 2024
The actor’s support for Werewolves on his Instagram has been as ferocious as the film's lupine villains.
—Simon Thompson, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Pulling from these heroes’ and villains’ moves found in comics and films gives Marvel Rivals’ characters a more rounded kit, allowing all of them to have some form of movement, as well as a long-range and close-range attack.
—Echo Apsey, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
Marvel Rivals is just a few hours away from launch, and will release with a massive 33 characters, heroes and villains from across the Marvel universe slotted into various hero shooter roles.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Same villains-as-heroes concept, but with even wackier characters liberated from the need for CGI.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Tired of seeing Hugh Grant plays villains and creeps?
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
The evening, which typically features unique meet-and-greets with Disney villains as well as a parade and an illuminated, ever-so-slightly spooky walk through the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail, usually sells out.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
The health industry’s executives — insurers, pharma, even hospitals — have become popular villains.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 6 Dec. 2024
The actor’s support for Werewolves on his Instagram has been as ferocious as the film's lupine villains.
—Simon Thompson, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Pulling from these heroes’ and villains’ moves found in comics and films gives Marvel Rivals’ characters a more rounded kit, allowing all of them to have some form of movement, as well as a long-range and close-range attack.
—Echo Apsey, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
Marvel Rivals is just a few hours away from launch, and will release with a massive 33 characters, heroes and villains from across the Marvel universe slotted into various hero shooter roles.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Same villains-as-heroes concept, but with even wackier characters liberated from the need for CGI.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for villains
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Many criminals use generative AI to improve the grammar and believability of their phishing emails and scripts.Craig Costigan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Yet due to extremists in the gun lobby, the ATF's rule to stop criminals from getting ghost guns is under threat.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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But even bad songs are tough to whittle into a list and culling some of the worst offenders is highly subjective.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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China and Hong Kong were noted as leading offenders, together detaining 135 journalists.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Several warring factions exist within the Zone, as well as lone bandits and stalkers.Issy van der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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There were also potential issues at Pangong Lake, the location where the bandits are carried by the elephants and find the Mystic in a tree.Leila Jordan, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2024
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In the past, researchers have pinned culpability on the rapidly warming climate, arguing that Pleistocene beasts were unable to adapt as the world climbed out of an ice age.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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How much were humans to blame for driving these beasts to extinction?Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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This historical event, which aimed to reform secret society gangsters, ended in a riot and resulted in Singapore’s largest trial to date.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2024
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Finally, talk about how a number of these gangsters like Frank represent were on the opposite side of the law in one area and community builders in another in real life.Ronda Racha Penrice, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2024
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Season 1 saw Glover and Maya Erksine portray the eponymous assassins, who were quickly revealed to be just two in a vast network of gig-working specialists who all go by the codenames John Smith and Jane Smith.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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But society might be better off if some workers, like assassins, simply retire.Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Villains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/villains. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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