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villainy

noun

vil·​lainy ˈvi-lə-nē How to pronounce villainy (audio)
plural villainies
1
: villainous conduct
also : a villainous act
2
: the quality or state of being villainous : depravity

Example Sentences

a story of villainy and betrayal the gruesome villainies of war
Recent Examples on the Web Batman's descent into villainy was precipitated by the dissolution of his relationship with Catwoman (Sanaa Lathan). Christian Holub, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2022 Elba, who frequently projects toughness or villainy on-screen, gets to be fish-out-of-water funny with bouts of melancholy. David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2022 And yet, remarkably, with laughs and confidence, the series shakes away the usual self-consciousness, villainy, and apology that film and TV often bring to Muslim and South Asian characters. Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2022 As the country enters the war, Mercury Pictures joins the effort to convince Americans of the purity of their cause and the villainy of their enemies. Ron Charles, Washington Post, 26 July 2022 Colin apologizes to Will for using him to uncover Jack's villainy, bringing a pack of his friends to the club as thanks. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2022 At the same time, the story—based on the book by Jack Carr and adapted by David DiGilio—has adequate forward momentum, despite its very obvious effort to march a viewer through a gantlet of 21st-century villainy. John Anderson, WSJ, 30 June 2022 The occasion for all this artifice is a relatively rare (for Hanks) display of onscreen villainy. Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022 Amid the villainy, Thompson and Cheney cited acts of heroism. Mike Debonis, Washington Post, 10 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of villainy was in the 13th century

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