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# villainous

adjective

«villainous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Villainous means very wicked, like a villain in a story; looking like a crook. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villainous/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a villainous giant or a villainous look is a sign of evil

### Examples

- The villainous wolf crept towards the cottage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villainous/#x1)
- The pirates had villainous faces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villainous/#x2)
- A villainous song rang out from the ship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villainous/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «villainous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/villainous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«villainous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/villainous.html) on Mova free.