"villainous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈvɪlənəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-villainous.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more villainous [comparative], most villainous [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English vileinous, from Old French vileneus. By surface analysis, villain + -ous. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|vileinous}} Middle English vileinous, {{der|en|fro|vileneus}} Old French vileneus, {{surf|en|villain|-ous}} By surface analysis, villain + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} villainous (comparative more villainous, superlative most villainous)
  1. Of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain. Translations (of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain): πανοῦργος (panoûrgos) (Ancient Greek), شِرِّير (širrīr) (Arabic), злодейски (zlodejski) (Bulgarian), crapuleux (French), scélérat (French), ბოროტული (boroṭuli) (Georgian), ბოროტმოქმედული (boroṭmokmeduli) (Georgian), საძაგელი (saʒageli) (Georgian), niederträchtig (German), bösartig (German), bithiúnta (Irish), 悪辣なる (akuratsu naru) (Japanese), scelestus (Latin), vilanesco (Portuguese), злой (zloj) (Russian), злоде́йский (zlodéjskij) (note: of an action) (Russian), skurkaktig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-villainous-en-adj-tvlGsElZ Disambiguation of 'of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain': 98 2
  2. Wicked, offensive, or reprehensible in nature or behaviour; nefarious. Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-villainous-en-adj-5mNzSIGZ Disambiguation of Personality: 3 97 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: villanous [obsolete], villainly, villainy Derived forms: villainously, villainousness

Alternative forms

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