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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.
Recent Examples of villain from the Web
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The story being touted is an exciting one, with lots of role reversals, the thrill of potentially seeing even more supers come out of the woodwork, and what appears to be a hypnotizing new villain.
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An adviser urged her to go further and forgiving her real villain — Mengele.
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Trump was our lead villain but had help from side characters like [Vladimir] Putin and [Julian] Assange.
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However, Oskar Michelsen grabbed the offensive rebound, and dished it out to a hero (or villain) in red named KiShawn Pritchett who hit a triple with 0.6 remaining.
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The villain and the demon is the person that caused fire.
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The villain: Christina is 34 and makes a strong first impression.
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Reaction among Spurs fans was not mixed: Hill got screwed, and this Popovich guy was a villain.
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When villains threaten the Mall, the Black Panther, disguised behind a cat mask, with his metal claws extended and his white eyes glowing, pounces on gunmen whose bullets bounce off the superhero.
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Origin and Etymology of villain
villain Synonyms
Synonyms
baddie (or baddy), beast, brute, devil, evildoer, fiend, heavy, hound, knave, meanie (also meany), miscreant, monster, nazi, no-good, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, savage, scalawag (or scallywag), scamp, scoundrel, varlet, wretch;
Related Words
criminal, crook, culprit, felon, lawbreaker, malefactor, offender, perp, perpetrator, transgressor;
sinner, trespasser, wrongdoer;
cad, heel, serpent, snake, viper;
bandit, bravo, desperado, outlaw;
assassin, cutthroat, gangster, goon, gunman, hoodlum, hooligan, racketeer, ruffian, thug;
VILLAIN Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of villain for English Language Learners
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: a character in a story, movie, etc., who does bad things
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: a person who does bad things
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: someone or something that is blamed for a particular problem or difficulty
VILLAIN Defined for Kids
Definition of villain for Students
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