Villainous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Appropriate to a villain, as in wickedness or depravity: a villainous plot.
  • adj. Being or manifesting the nature of a villain: a villainous band of thieves.
  • adj. Highly undesirable or offensive; obnoxious.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain
  • adj. obnoxious, offensive or reprehensible in nature or behaviour; nefarious
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Base; vile; mean; depraved.
  • adj. Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to a villain.
  • adj. Sorry; mean; mischievous; -- in a familiar sense.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to, befitting, or having the character of a villain, in any sense; especially, very wicked or depraved; extremely vile.
  • Proceeding from extreme wickedness or depravity: as, a villainous action.
  • Of things, very bad; dreadful; mean; vile; wretched.
  • In a vile manner or way; villainously.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. extremely wicked
  • Equivalent
    wicked   
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    Words with the same meaning
    base    vile    mean    depraved    sorry    mischievous    miscreant    ruffian   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dastardly    abominable    vile    fiendish    atrocious    murderous    detestable    nefarious    despicable    cowardly