villain
విలన్
definition
noun
the terrorists are cartoon villains
(in a film, novel, or play) a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot.
example
a pantomime 'villain'
Why is it taking more than three months to investigate the real 'villain' ?
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 Orwell's novel 1984, Big Brother is the evil 'villain' .
Of course the evil plot that the 'villain' finally springs in the third act makes no particular sense.
This is a line that is greatly overused in action movies where an evil 'villain' has plotted to take over the world… or whatever.
To me, he is a great 'villain' , responsible for millions of deaths and for keeping the country in poverty.
Ripley is the ambiguous, charming 'villain' in Patricia Highsmith's iconic series of novels who has fascinated readers since he first appeared in 1955.
Voldermort is the evil 'villain' in the novel, the murderer of Harry's parents, and the creature who plans to kill Harry.
Trichinosis, a parasite found in pork, is the 'villain' responsible for this accepted practice of burning of our precious pork chops.
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.
‘It is a thriller where the main 'villain' is not a person but AIDS itself,’ says Mr. Sarup.
He and his pals have to find the real 'villain' to clear Harry and stop the carnage.
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.
BBC One is attempting to locate and vanquish the 'villain' responsible.
There's even a Hollywood feature film in production, featuring Ben Kingsley as evil 'villain' the Hood, and due for release sometime next year.
Is the English ivy covering the unattractive fence in my backyard really an environmental 'villain' ?
Chaucer was great, the 'villain' was definitely evil, and the jousting/action scenes were very well done.
For this act he inherited the role of pantomime 'villain' and was booed roundly every time he touched the ball from then on.
They even try to hold the country's governing council responsible for the 'villain' 's actions and demand immediate attacks.
The real 'villain' in this depiction is the devil.
The most egregious environmental 'villains' in the tableware industry are probably plastic disposables.
This ancestry may also account for the difficulty of explaining the motives of Shakespeare's 'villains' .
Sir Andrew describes the character as ‘one of the best 'villains' in Victorian fiction’.
They have characters and plots, heroes and 'villains' .
Wevers believes Iago is the most evil of his 'villains' .
The plot involves three 'villains' who inveigle a girl into prostitution in order to make ends meet.
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.
As for Australian ports' image of being environmental 'villains' , Hirst says the tag is undeserved for the most part.
An obscene moral inversion has taken place in mainstream thinking, in which those who commit mass murder are viewed with sympathy while their victims are presented as the real 'villains' .
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