Concept cluster: Negative qualities > Villain
adj
Vulgar or profane.
adj
Of, or characterized by adultery.
n
(fiction) An antagonist who has or may have noble or honorable aims, but pursues them destructively.
n
(chiefly narratology) A supreme villain; the most evil or powerful villain.
n
Supreme villainy.
adj
Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
n
(informal) a villain, particularly an antagonist in a story
n
Profanity.
n
A major adversary
n
(US) Censorship of literature and performances because of especially broad definitions of obscenity or immorality.
n
Licentious or sexually immoral behaviour.
adj
(rare) Characteristic of a criminal.
n
Somebody who is debauched; somebody who is dissolute and acts without moral restraint.
adj
Obsolete form of debauched. [Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.]
n
Alternative spelling of deuseaville [(obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) The countryside.]
n
Alternative spelling of deuseaville [(obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) The countryside.]
adj
(obsolete, poetic) Low; grovelling; vulgar.
n
Alternative form of evildoer [A person who performs evil acts.]
n
A person who performs evil acts.
n
Obsolete spelling of evil [Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.]
adj
Of or pertaining to Faust, especially in the sense of being willing to abandon one's principles or values in order to pursue knowledge, wealth or other benefits.
adj
(obsolete) Made vulgar.
adj
(obsolete) Vulgar, common; typical of the lower orders.
n
Profane language of all kinds.
n
An evildoer.
n
(informal) A villain.
n
(obsolete, sometimes derogatory) One born illegitimately (i.e., out of wedlock); a bastard.
n
(chiefly outside the US and Canada) A person or character who specifically brings about the downfall of another person or character, as an agent of that character's fate or destiny, especially within a narrative.
adj
(by extension) Corruptly mercenary and venal.
n
Villainy, evildoing; acts of villainy or evildoing
adj
(informal, humorous, rare) Characterised by or characteristic of sin; sinful; guilty of sin; wicked.
n
(uncountable) Dishonest, underhanded, or unscrupulous activities or behaviour.
adj
(obsolete, by extension) Vulgar; low.
n
Alternative form of supervillain [A fantasy-fiction criminal or evil-doer, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature who can present a credible challenge for a superhero.]
n
A fantasy-fiction criminal or evil-doer, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature who can present a credible challenge for a superhero.
adj
Of or pertaining to a supervillain; reminiscent of a supervillain.
n
The evil behaviour of a supervillain.
n
Inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness.
n
Language considered inappropriate for use during a parliamentary session; especially profanity or suggestions of dishonesty.
n
Obsolete form of villainy. [(uncountable) Evil or wicked character or behaviour.]
n
An extremely depraved person, or one capable or guilty of great crimes.
n
(informal) Alternative form of monster of the week [(informal) Any of the antagonists that briefly appear in episodic forms of fiction, especially television series.]
n
Alternative form of villeinage [The state of being a villein.]
n
The realm or sphere of villains.
n
The state of being a villain.
n
villainy
adj
Characteristic of a villain.
adj
Of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain.
n
villainousness
v
(informal) Of a villain in a fictional work, to explain the details of one's evil plans or actions, or the motivations that drive them.
adj
Characteristic of a villain.
n
Obsolete form of villain. [An extremely depraved person, or one capable or guilty of great crimes.]
adj
Obsolete spelling of villainous. [Of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain.]
n
Synonym of vaudevillian
n
An evil, harmful, or widely feared person or thing.
adj
(as a word gloss in dictionaries) Abbreviation of vulgar. [Debased, uncouth, distasteful, obscene.]
adv
Abbreviation of vulgarly. [In a vulgar manner; obscenely or unrefinedly.]
adj
(mathematics) Being a vulgar fraction.
adj
Having the characteristics of a vulgarian, vulgar.
adj
That makes vulgar; degrading.
n
(grammar) A word or term that is considered offensive or vulgar.
n
(countable) An offensive or obscene act or expression.
n
The process of making something vulgar, especially by using the language of ordinary people.
n
Someone who uses or plays Whyville
adj
(movie rating) Obscene.

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