A villain (masculine), or villainess (feminine), also bad guy, baddy or baddie (sometimes known as a "black hat"), [1] is a stock character, whether based on a historical narrative or one of literary fiction.

The meaning of VILLAIN is a character in a story or play who opposes the hero. How to use villain in a sentence.

VILLAIN definition: a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel. See examples of villain used in a sentence.

VILLAIN definition: 1. a bad person who harms other people or breaks the law: 2. a criminal: 3. a character in a…. Learn more.

A villain is someone who deliberately harms other people or breaks the law in order to get what he or she wants. They called him a villain and a murderer.

Definition of villain noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

villain (ˈvɪlən) n 1. a wicked or malevolent person 2. (in a novel, play, film, etc) the main evil character and antagonist to the hero

4 days ago · Noun villain (plural villains) (Can we clean up (+) this sense?) A vile, wicked person.

Villain definition: A wicked or evil person; a scoundrel.

villain, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary