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Dictionary: vil·lain·ous   (vĭl'ə-nəs) pronunciation
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adj.
    1. Appropriate to a villain, as in wickedness or depravity: a villainous plot.
    2. Being or manifesting the nature of a villain: a villainous band of thieves.
  2. Highly undesirable or offensive; obnoxious.
villainously vil'lain·ous·ly adv.
villainousness vil'lain·ous·ness n.

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adjective

    Utterly reprehensible in nature or behavior: corrupt, degenerate, depraved, flagitious, miscreant, perverse, rotten, unhealthy. See clean/dirty, good/bad.

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Definition: wicked
Antonyms: good, virtuous

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: extremely wicked
  Synonym: nefarious

 
 
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