EN

Synonyms for villainy

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Evil or wicked character or behaviour.

  2. adj. 1

    Characteristic of a villain.

Forms

Plural
villainies → evils, turpitudes, vilenesses, depravities…

Example sentences

  • evil Grr! Avoid not, unwelcome evil and cowardly beast!
  • depravity Depravity is becoming the norm in modern life.
  • vileness Poverty is not vileness, nor is wealth nobility.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
villainysteady
evilrising
depravityrising
turpitudefalling
vilenessrising

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

By length

3 letters
sin1
4 letters
evil2
5 letters
wrong1, error2
6 letters
infamy3
7 letters
badness2, knavery
8 letters
atrocity4, enormity4, iniquity4, vileness, baseness
9 letters
depravity4, turpitude3, rascality, villainly
10 letters
wickedness3, immorality5, villainous3
11 letters
abomination5, criminality5, scoundrelry, villainhood
12 letters
scoundrelism
14 letters
villainousness

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

In other languages

Français
vilenie
Català
vilania