[ adj ] extremely wicked <adj.all> nefarious schemesa villainous plot a villainous band of thieves
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.
Operas of villainous revenge somehow are easier to take.
As the shallow husband in "Fatal Attraction" he displayed his villainous potential.
The "Kitchen God's Wife" of the title, also betrayed in legend by a villainous husband, is frequently invoked: "Nobody worshipped her either." This novel isn't flawless.
Evans's villainous power over broadcasting is never even curbed.
Hank, head of security at a Texas Panhandle spread in Ochiltree County, earns his keep protecting the ranch from such villainous creatures as dog-killing coyotes, egg-sucking foxes and a one-eyed killer stud horse.