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Synonyms for villainous

  • adjective

Most common

evil sinister nefarious villainy

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Wicked — wicked, offensive, or reprehensible in nature or behaviour; nefarious

wicked, nefarious, evil, villainy, sinister, bad, devilish, vile, depraved, sinful, heinous, infamous, dark, iniquitous, felonious, execrable, base, naughty, outrageous, atrocious, abandoned, ungodly

Antonyms

beneficent

All antonyms of villainous →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Wicked, offensive, or reprehensible in nature or behaviour; nefarious.

Related words

Word family
villainously villainousness

Example sentences

  • evil Grr! Avoid not, unwelcome evil and cowardly beast!
  • sinister Gustavo's tone and mannerisms were really sinister.
  • nefarious Nothing is more nefarious than hopelessness.
  • villainy You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
villainousrising
evilrising
sinisterrising
nefariousrising
villainysteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
bad1
4 letters
dark1, base1, evil2, vile1
6 letters
wicked2, sinful2
7 letters
naughty2, heinous2, ungodly3
8 letters
infamous3, sinister3, depraved2, devilish2, villainy
9 letters
abandoned3, atrocious3, nefarious4, felonious4, execrable4
10 letters
outrageous3, iniquitous

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evil2 = 2 syllables).