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vil⋅lain⋅ous

  [vil-uh-nuhs]
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–adjective
1. having a cruel, wicked, malicious nature or character.
2. of, pertaining to, or befitting a villain: villainous treachery.
3. outrageously base, wicked, or vile: a villainous attack on his character.
4. very objectionable or unpleasant; bad; wretched: a villainous storm.
Origin:
1300–50; ME; see villain, -ous

Related forms:
vil⋅lain⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
vil⋅lain⋅ous⋅ness, noun
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vil·lain·ous   (vĭl'ə-nəs)   
adj.  
    1. Appropriate to a villain, as in wickedness or depravity: a villainous plot.
    2. Being or manifesting the nature of a villain: a villainous band of thieves.
  2. Highly undesirable or offensive; obnoxious.
vil'lain·ous·ly adv., vil'lain·ous·ness n.
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Villainous

Vil"lain*ous\, a. [Written also villanous.]

1. Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or wretch.

2. Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to a villain; as, a villainous action.

3. Sorry; mean; mischievous; -- in a familiar sense. "A villainous trick of thine eye." --Shak.

Villainous judgment (O. E. Law), a judgment that casts reproach on the guilty person. --- Vil"lain*ous*ly, adv. Vil"lain*ous*ness, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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