ALL meanings of villain
vil·lain
V v - noun villain a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel. 1
- noun villain a character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot. 1
- abbreviation VILLAIN villein. 1
- countable noun villain A villain is someone who deliberately harms other people or breaks the law in order to get what he or she wants. 0
- countable noun villain The villain in a novel, film, or play is the main bad character. 0
- noun villain a wicked or malevolent person 0
- noun villain (in a novel, play, film, etc) the main evil character and antagonist to the hero 0
- noun villain a mischievous person; rogue 0
- noun villain a criminal 0
- noun villain an uncouth person; boor 0
- noun villain a person guilty of or likely to commit great crimes; evil or wicked person; scoundrel 0
- noun villain a wicked or unprincipled character in a novel, play, etc. who opposes the protagonist or hero 0
- noun villain someone or something regarded as the cause of a problem, difficulty, injustice, etc. 0
- abbreviation VILLAIN villein 0
- noun villain a boor; lout 0