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- Dictionaryvil·lain/ˈvilən/
noun
- 1. (in a film, novel, or play) a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot: "I have played more good guys than villains"
- 2. variant spelling of villein archaic
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The meaning of VILLAIN is a character in a story or play who opposes the hero. How to use villain in a sentence.
a character in a book, play, film, etc. who harms other people: He made his reputation as an actor playing villains. [ C usually singular ] informal. something or someone considered harmful or dangerous: We've always been told that cholesterol was a major cause of heart disease but, actually, saturated fat is the worst villain.
noun. a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel. Synonyms: scamp, rogue, rapscallion, rascal, knave. a character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot.
A villain is a bad person — real or made up. In books, movies, current events, or history, the villain is the character who does mean, evil things on purpose.
a bad person who harms other people or breaks the law: Some people believe that Richard III was not the villain he is generally thought to have been. He's either a hero or a villain, depending on your point of view. [ C ] UK informal. a criminal: Bert's just a small-time villain. [ C ]
A villain is someone who deliberately harms other people or breaks the law in order to get what he or she wants.
1. A wicked or evil person; a scoundrel. 2. A dramatic or fictional character who is typically at odds with the hero. 3. (also vĭl′ān′, vĭ-lān′) Variant of villein. 4. Something said to be the cause of particular trouble or an evil: poverty, the villain in the increase of crime. 5. Obsolete A peasant regarded as vile and brutish.
