villain
ھلنایک
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
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.
Trichinosis, a parasite found in pork, is the 'villain' responsible for this accepted practice of burning of our precious pork chops.
The real 'villain' in this depiction is the devil.
Ripley is the ambiguous, charming 'villain' in Patricia Highsmith's iconic series of novels who has fascinated readers since he first appeared in 1955.
Chaucer was great, the 'villain' was definitely evil, and the jousting/action scenes were very well done.
Why is it taking more than three months to investigate the real 'villain' ?
a pantomime '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.
There's even a Hollywood feature film in production, featuring Ben Kingsley as evil 'villain' the Hood, and due for release sometime next year.
Voldermort is the evil 'villain' in the novel, the murderer of Harry's parents, and the creature who plans to kill Harry.
Is the English ivy covering the unattractive fence in my backyard really an environmental 'villain' ?
BBC One is attempting to locate and vanquish the 'villain' responsible.
This is a line that is greatly overused in action movies where an evil 'villain' has plotted to take over the world… or whatever.
He and his pals have to find the real 'villain' to clear Harry and stop the carnage.
To me, he is a great 'villain' , responsible for millions of deaths and for keeping the country in poverty.
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.
In Orwell's novel 1984, Big Brother is the evil 'villain' .
‘It is a thriller where the main 'villain' is not a person but AIDS itself,’ says Mr. Sarup.
Of course the evil plot that the 'villain' finally springs in the third act makes no particular sense.
They even try to hold the country's governing council responsible for the 'villain' 's actions and demand immediate attacks.
For this act he inherited the role of pantomime 'villain' and was booed roundly every time he touched the ball from then on.
The most egregious environmental 'villains' in the tableware industry are probably plastic disposables.
Are you an evil 'villainess' bent on destroying the city?
He does not want to paint her as a cardboard cut-out 'villainess' , and rightly so.
They have characters and plots, heroes and 'villains' .
John Lawton writes spy novels in which the spies are 'villains' , and there's no doubt about it.
The main 'villains' of the piece actually are two white middle-class lawyers and policemen.
Sir Andrew describes the character as ‘one of the best 'villains' in Victorian fiction’.
Are all of Shakespeare's 'villains' ' motives intelligible?
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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