'Villainous' definitions:
Definition of 'villainous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Extremely wicked; "nefarious schemes"; "a villainous plot"; "a villainous band of thieves" [syn: nefarious, villainous]
Definition of 'Villainous'
From: GCIDE
- Villainous \Vil"lain*ous\, a. [Written also villanous.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or wretch. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to a villain; as, a villainous action. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Sorry; mean; mischievous; -- in a familiar sense. "A villainous trick of thine eye." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Villainous judgment (O. E. Law), a judgment that casts reproach on the guilty person. [1913 Webster] --- {Vil"lain*ous*ly}, adv. {Vil"lain*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'villainous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- abominable,
- arrant,
- atrocious,
- awful,
- bad,
- base,
- beastly,
- beneath contempt,
- bent,
- black,
- blackguardly,
- blamable,
- blameworthy,
- brutal,
- contemptible,
- contrary,
- corrupt,
- criminal,
- crooked,
- damnable,
- dark,
- debased,
- degenerate,
- degraded,
- deplorable,
- despicable,
- detestable,
- dire,
- disgraceful,
- disgusting,
- dishonest,
- dissolute,
- dreadful,
- egregious,
- enormous,
- evil,
- execrable,
- faithless,
- felonious,
- fetid,
- filthy,
- flagitious,
- flagrant,
- foul,
- fulsome,
- grievous,
- gross,
- hateful,
- heinous,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- improper,
- infamous,
- iniquitous,
- knavish,
- lamentable,
- loathsome,
- lousy,
- low,
- miscreant,
- monstrous,
- murderous,
- nasty,
- naughty,
- nefarious,
- noisome,
- notorious,
- objectionable,
- obnoxious,
- odious,
- offensive,
- outrageous,
- peccant,
- perfidious,
- perverse,
- perverted,
- pitiable,
- pitiful,
- profligate,
- putrid,
- rank,
- rascally,
- recreant,
- regrettable,
- reprehensible,
- reprobate,
- repulsive,
- roguish,
- rotten,
- sad,
- scampish,
- scandalous,
- schlock,
- scoundrelly,
- scurvy,
- shabby,
- shameful,
- shocking,
- shoddy,
- sinful,
- sordid,
- squalid,
- terrible,
- too bad,
- traitorous,
- treacherous,
- unclean,
- unforgivable,
- unpardonable,
- unscrupulous,
- unspeakable,
- unworthy,
- vicious,
- vile,
- wicked,
- woeful,
- worst,
- worthless,
- wretched,
- wrong