Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: villain
IPA transcription: [v'ɪlən]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: villain, scoundrel
    Meaning: a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
  • Synonyms: villain, baddie
    Meaning: the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
Usage examples
  • He denounced himself as a villain.
  • You are not a villain, you are a dastard."
  • I started forward and exclaimed, "Villain!
  • "I fear," said Belcour, "he can be that villain."
  • That other man was a villain. This man is honest.
  • It was all hum to make the villain show his game."
  • "Sir, do you assume me to be as great a villain as yourself?"
  • The officer who guarded them was a ruffian and a villain, Captain Baumgarten.
  • The squire let fly one stone, which grazed the villain's head and killed a lamb.
  • Mr. Steele, you are both a villain and a bastard, and have no right in law to this woman.