villainy

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Recent Examples of villainy July promises to be a great month for Uma Thurman fans, as well as one filled with villainy. Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025 Ian McDiarmid finally gets the chance to take the mask off as the would-be Emperor and reveals the character’s full, snarling villainy. Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 28 Apr. 2025 Their role is typically one of villainy or comic relief. Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025 Infamous Internet imageboard and wretched hive of scum and villainy 4chan was apparently hacked at some point Monday evening and remains mostly unreachable as of this writing. ArsTechnica, 15 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for villainy
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Noun
  • Andy, once a centuries-old immortal who has now lost her healing powers, must race across continents to recover her magic, all the while facing deadly mercenaries and ancient evils.
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
  • The motive can be summarized as pure agency, pure evil; in other words, premeditated murder.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • While working together on The Unit, David Mamet once told you that good drama isn’t a choice between good and bad; good drama is the choice between two bads.
    Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Reports out of fall camp haven’t been super favorable to their offense, and while the defense will, again, be top-notch, a team with this bad of an offense cannot be trusted.
    Austin Mock, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024

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“Villainy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/villainy. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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