villainess

noun

vil·​lain·​ess ˈvi-lə-nəs How to pronounce villainess (audio)
: a woman who is a villain

Examples of villainess in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web As Jennifer, Zamata will be a key member of the coven led by the titular Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn), the villainess still reeling from the loss of her witchy magic a la Wanda Maximoff’s (Elizabeth Olsen) revenge. Shania Russell, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2024 Bob Odenkirk is reprising his role as mild-mannered family man who is secretly a former government assassin, while Sharon Stone is cast as the stone-cold villainess of the piece. Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 Actress Alison Sweeney, who has played the scheming soap villainess on and off for decades, is reprising her role on the long-running daytime drama. Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2024 In his Philippics, a series of vitriolic speeches lambasting Antony, Cicero cast Fulvia as a bloodthirsty and rapacious villainess. Daisy Dunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for villainess 

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Word History

First Known Use

1586, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of villainess was in 1586

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“Villainess.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/villainess. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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villainess

noun
vil·​lain·​ess ˈvil-ə-nəs How to pronounce villainess (audio)
: a woman who is a villain

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