villainy
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villainy¹
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From Middle English vileinie, vileynye, from Anglo-Norman vilenie, from Old French vilanie.
noun villainies
- Evil or wicked character or behaviour. Mos Eisley spaceport- you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.
- A wicked or treacherous act. He drew from his pocket a pistol, which, devoid of principle or honour, with an assassin-like assault, he instantly aimed at the breast of Lord Deloraine, but which, in the struggle that ensued, as if by retributive justice, went off unexpectedly and lodged its contents in the body of Melliphant,—th
- Ill-treatment, indignity, degrading or shameful treatment of someone.
- Disgrace, ignominy.
- The state of being a villein or serf, and by extension servitude or low estate in life.
- Boorishness, rudeness, bad cultivation or manners.
Similar: atrociousness, awfulness, badness, corruption, corruptness, criminality, dacoity, depravity, enormity, evil, evilness, immorality, knavery, nefariousness, rascality, savagery, scoundrelry, scumminess, turpitude, vileness, villainhood, villainousness, villainry, villainy, wickedness · Opposite: dogoodery, good, goodness, heroism, virtue, virtuousness
villainy²
adjective more villainy · most villainy
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Characteristic of a villain.
We are all villainy— very villainy, as I am a Christian man.
Similar: villainly, villainous
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noun
Similar: atrociousness, awfulness, badness, corruption, corruptness, criminality, dacoity, depravity, enormity, evil, evilness, immorality, knavery, nefariousness, rascality, savagery, scoundrelry, scumminess, turpitude, vileness, villainhood, villainousness, villainry, villainy, wickedness · Opposite: dogoodery, good, goodness, heroism, virtue, virtuousness
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