villainous
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The orphanage’s cartoonishly villainous chairlady, Miss Garnett, is especially nasty to Meg—who is plucky and appealing, if perhaps a bit more precocious than seems credible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
The British actor played the villainous role in the original movie franchise from 2005 to 2011.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
Taylor and Pauly want to set the record straight about rattlesnakes, whose rep as evil or villainous serpents is undeserved, they say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
They moved on to the titular boxer in "Creed," tormented by his father's legacy, and the villainous Killmonger of "Black Panther," traumatized by being an orphan in a racist world.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
They retrieved the bike and slinked away from O’Doyle and his ghastly, villainous look-alike.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
Vocabulary lists containing villainous
Oh, No! Synonyms for "Bad"
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One for the Murphys
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