plural villainies
1
: villainous conduct
also
: a villainous act
2
: the quality or state of being villainous : depravity
Examples of villainy in a Sentence
a story of villainy and betrayal
the gruesome villainies of war
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This series has many of his signatures: officers who take things too personally on account of their painful back stories, police lingo 101 and criminals whose clunky villainy could be ripped from a comic book.
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Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Plus, given that Argentina is where some Nazis fled after WWII, there’s a rich history of still-relevant villainy that would heighten the stakes of a show that already revolves around a murder.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
Look, henchwomen are still important archetypes in the world of villainy.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 28 Mar. 2025
With all due respect to the great Patricia Arquette, the character wasn’t especially missed in her absence, as her villainy and zealotry have tended to be written in a more one-dimensional way than how Severance portrays those same broad ideas with Milchick.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2025
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Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Plus, given that Argentina is where some Nazis fled after WWII, there’s a rich history of still-relevant villainy that would heighten the stakes of a show that already revolves around a murder.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
Look, henchwomen are still important archetypes in the world of villainy.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 28 Mar. 2025
With all due respect to the great Patricia Arquette, the character wasn’t especially missed in her absence, as her villainy and zealotry have tended to be written in a more one-dimensional way than how Severance portrays those same broad ideas with Milchick.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Villainy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/villainy. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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villainy
noun
vil·lainy
ˈvil-ə-nē 
plural villainies
: conduct or actions of or typical of a villain
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