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villainous adjective [ ˈvɪlənəs ]

• relating to, constituting, or guilty of wicked or criminal behaviour.
• "a villainous plot"
Similar: wicked, evil, iniquitous, sinful, nefarious, vile, foul, monstrous, shocking, outrageous, atrocious, abominable, reprehensible, hateful, detestable, despicable, odious, contemptible, horrible, heinous, execrable, diabolical, diabolic, fiendish, vicious, murderous, barbarous, black, dark, rotten, criminal, illicit, unlawful, illegal, illegitimate, lawless, felonious, indictable, transgressing, wrong, immoral, corrupt, degenerate, reprobate, sordid, depraved, dissolute, bad, base, dishonourable, dishonest, unscrupulous, unprincipled, underhand, roguish, crooked, bent, warped, low-down, stinking, dirty, shady, rascally, scoundrelly, beastly, not cricket, malfeasant, dastardly, egregious, flagitious,
Opposite: good, virtuous,
• extremely bad or unpleasant.
• "a villainous smell"


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