villainess

noun

vil·lain·ess ˈvi-lə-nəs

Synonyms of villainess next

: a woman who is a villain

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Folie à Deux continues the story of Joaquin Phoenix's troubled clown character, and will introduce Gaga as Harley Quinn, the villainess famously played by Margot Robbie in a number of DC movies. —

Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 5 Feb. 2023 Ti West surprised audiences at the end of X with the promise of Pearl, a prequel exploring the bloody origin story of X’s villainess. —

Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2022 The boss, Clyde (the galvanic Tamberla Perry), is a larger-than-life, terrifyingly glamorous villainess in an ever-changing carapace of Lycra and leather haute couture. —

Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2022 Channeling her inner villainess, Kardashian went all-out for the Midori Green Halloween party in 2011. —

Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2022 There’s magic gone wrong and light-hearted tension and music and dancing and silliness and a villainess played by Maya Rudolph. —

Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022 Famed actress Elizabeth Taylor had a brief stint on the series in 1981 as the villainess Helena Cassadine, who famously crashed the wedding of Luke and Laura. —

Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2022 The eight-part HBO series stars Alicia Vikander as Mira, a Hollywood performer bored with blockbusters who agrees to play the iconic titular villainess in a shambolic TV production in Paris. —

Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 3 June 2022 There were lines to meet the Emmy winner Bonnie Bartlett, 92, who played Barbara Thorndyke, a fan-favorite villainess in a single third-season episode. —

New York Times, 4 May 2022 See More

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