villain
വില്ലൻ
definition
noun
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(in a film, novel, or play) a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot.
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While Woodward would gladly play the role of pantomime 'villain' this summer when he takes his Lions to New Zealand, he is not so keen to have the boos and hisses directed at his players.
To me, he is a great 'villain' , responsible for millions of deaths and for keeping the country in poverty.
Of course the evil plot that the 'villain' finally springs in the third act makes no particular sense.
He and his pals have to find the real 'villain' to clear Harry and stop the carnage.
BBC One is attempting to locate and vanquish the 'villain' responsible.
‘It is a thriller where the main 'villain' is not a person but AIDS itself,’ says Mr. Sarup.
There's even a Hollywood feature film in production, featuring Ben Kingsley as evil 'villain' the Hood, and due for release sometime next year.
A normal thriller would have a 'villain' , ready to strike at any moment and a hero in hot pursuit of the truth that will set him or her free.
In the James Bond thriller On Her Majesty's Secret Service a 'villain' dies horribly when he pitches on to a toboggan run and slides to the bottom - by which time he is hamburger.
For this act he inherited the role of pantomime 'villain' and was booed roundly every time he touched the ball from then on.
Why is it taking more than three months to investigate the real 'villain' ?
Ripley is the ambiguous, charming 'villain' in Patricia Highsmith's iconic series of novels who has fascinated readers since he first appeared in 1955.
In Orwell's novel 1984, Big Brother is the evil 'villain' .
They even try to hold the country's governing council responsible for the 'villain' 's actions and demand immediate attacks.
Trichinosis, a parasite found in pork, is the 'villain' responsible for this accepted practice of burning of our precious pork chops.
This is a line that is greatly overused in action movies where an evil 'villain' has plotted to take over the world… or whatever.
Chaucer was great, the 'villain' was definitely evil, and the jousting/action scenes were very well done.
Voldermort is the evil 'villain' in the novel, the murderer of Harry's parents, and the creature who plans to kill Harry.
The real 'villain' in this depiction is the devil.
a pantomime 'villain'
Is the English ivy covering the unattractive fence in my backyard really an environmental 'villain' ?
Finally, we love a good 'villainess' - a sexually voracious woman incurs our particularly punitive wrath.
But it is the Scottish banks which are the real 'villains' of the piece, all huddled together in an abysmal performance right at the bottom of the league table.
John Lawton writes spy novels in which the spies are 'villains' , and there's no doubt about it.
Wevers believes Iago is the most evil of his 'villains' .
Ayurveds also agree that the real 'villains' behind hypertension are smoking, alcohol consumption and high salt intake.
Ever since I learnt about cities and transport planning, I realised that the real 'villains' in urban chaos are personal vehicles.
He does not want to paint her as a cardboard cut-out 'villainess' , and rightly so.
But the real 'villains' in the story are Green and Allen.
The real 'villains' of this piece are the weekend cottagers, who bring little to our Dales communities except inflated house prices.
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