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# villainous

«villainous» in Mova's school dictionary: **very wicked, like a villain in a story; looking like a crook** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Villainous means very wicked, like a villain in a story; looking like a crook. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villainous/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a villainous giant or a villainous look is a sign of evil

### examples

- The villainous wolf crept towards the cottage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villainous/#x1)
- The pirates had villainous faces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villainous/#x2)
- A villainous song rang out from the ship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villainous/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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