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# villain

«villain» in Mova's school dictionary: **a bad character in a story, play or film who does evil…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a villain, villains)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A villain is a bad character in a story, play or film who does evil things and fights against the hero. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villain/#m1)

2) A person who does wrong or harmful things; a criminal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villain/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in reading and writing lessons: story characters — hero and villain; describing a villain's appearance and actions. In everyday talk: "the villain of the piece" means the one to blame.

### examples

- The villain wanted to steal the crown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villain/#x1)
- Every good story needs a hero and a villain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villain/#x2)
- The villain laughed an evil laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villain/#x3)
- Describe your villain using strong adjectives. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villain/#x4)
- The police caught the villain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villain/#x5)
- In the pantomime, everyone boos the villain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villain/#x6)
- "Villain!" shouted all the Pygmies at once. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villain/#x7)

### note

Spelling trap: v-i-l-l-a-i-n (ai, not "-ian"). Pronounced "VIL-un". Adjective: villainous. Opposite: hero.

### In the corpora

- [Ghost stories and playground legends are fun, but they should not turn a real neighbour into a villain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/13/)
- [Vultures are not villains.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/324-falcons-hawks-kites-ospreys-and-vultures/7/)
- [The book turns hunters into villains because that makes a good story.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/405-the-real-animals-of-the-wild-wood-badger-stoat-weasel-ferret-field-mice-and-winter-hedgehogs/2/)
- [The Rat dances in the road shaking his fists at the vanished car: «You villains! ... you roadhogs!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze/2/)
- [The Rat shouted: «You villains! ...](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «villain» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villain/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.