villain

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

vil·lain [villain villains] BrE [ˈvɪlən] NAmE [ˈvɪlən] noun
1. the main bad character in a story, play, etc
•He often plays the part of the villain.
2. a person who is morally bad or responsible for causing trouble or harm
•the heroes and villains of the 20th century
•Industrialized nations are the real environmental villains.
3. (BrE, informal)a criminal
Idiom: ↑villain of the piece

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘a rustic, boor’): from Old French vilein, based on Latin villa.

Example Bank:
•He doesn't fit the standard stereotype of a movie villain.
•He felt that the insurance companies were the real villains in all this.
•He has played villains in most of his films.
•He wore a black cloak, like a pantomime villain.
•She seems to have cast me as the villain in her latest emotional upheaval.
•The Queen in ‘Snow White’ is one of film's greatest villains.
•The police still haven't caught the villain.
•heroes and villains of the 20th century

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  baddie, scoundrel