English-Thai Dictionary

villain

N ตัว ร้าย (ทาง วรรณ กรรม  scoundrel hero tua-rai

 

villain of the piece

IDM ผู้ ที่ เป็นสาเหตุ ของ ปัญหา  phu-ti-pen-sa-hed-kong-pan-ha

 

villainous

ADJ ชั่วร้าย (ทาง วรรณ กรรม  ชั่วช้า  เลวทราม  evil wicked vicious chue-rai

 

villainously

ADV อย่าง ชั่วร้าย  อย่าง เลวทราม  yang-chue-rai

 

villainy

N ความ ชั่วร้าย  ความ เลวร้าย  depravity knavery kwam-chue-rai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VILLAIN, VILLAN

n. 1. In feudal law, a villain or villein is one who holds lands by a base or servile tenure, or in villenage. Villains were of two sorts; villains regardant, that is, annexed to the manor, adscriptitii glebae; or villains in gross, that is, annexed to the person of their lord, and transferable from one to another.
2. A vile wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and capable or guilty of great crimes. We call by the name of villain, the thief, the robber, the burglarian, the murderer, the incendiary, the ravisher, the seducer, the cheat, the swindler. etc.
Calm thinking villains, whom no faith could fix.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VILLAIN

Vil "lain, n. Etym: [OE. vilein, F. vilain, LL. villanus, from villa a village, L. villa a farm. See Villa. ]

 

1. (Feudal Law )

 

Defn: One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant. [In this sense written also villan, and villein. ] If any of my ansectors was a tenant, and a servant, and held his lands as a villain to his lord, his posterity also must do so, though accidentally they become noble. Jer. Taylor.

 

Note: Villains were of two sorts; villains regardant, that is, annexed to the manor (LL. adscripti glebæ ); and villains in gross, that is, annexed to the person of their lord, and transferable from one to another. Blackstone.

 

2. A baseborn or clownish person; a boor. [R.] Pour the blood of the villain in one basin, and the blood of the gentleman in another, what difference shall there be proved Becon.

 

3. A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel; a knave; a rascal; a scamp. Like a villain with a smiling cheek. Shak. Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix. Pope.

 

VILLAIN

Vil "lain, a. Etym: [F. vilain. ]

 

Defn: Villainous. [R.] Shak.

 

VILLAIN

VILLAIN Vil "lain, v. t.

 

Defn: To debase; to degrade. [Obs. ] Sir T. More.

 

VILLAINOUS

Vil "lain *ous, a. Etym: [Written also villanous.]

 

1. Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or wretch.

 

2. Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to a villain; as, a villainous action.

 

3. Sorry; mean; mischievous; -- in a familiar sense. "A villainous trick of thine eye. " Shak. Villainous judgment (O. E. Law ), a judgment that casts reproach on the guilty person. --- Vil "lain *ous *ly, adv. Vil "lain *ous *ness, n.

 

VILLAINY

Vil "lain *y, n.; pl. Villainies. Etym: [OE. vilanie, OF. vilanie,vilainie, vileinie, vilanie, LL. villania. See Villain, n.] [Written also villany. ]

 

1. The quality or state of being a villain, or villainous; extreme depravity; atrocious wickedness; as, the villainy of the seducer. "Lucre of vilanye." Chaucer. The commendation is not in his wit, but in his villainy. Shak.

 

2. Abusive, reproachful language; discourteous speech; foul talk. [Archaic ] He never yet not vileinye ne said In all his life, unto no manner wight. Chaucer. In our modern language, it [foul language ] is termed villainy, as being proper for rustic boors, or men of coarsest education and employment. Barrow. Villainy till a very late day expressed words foul and disgraceful to the utterer much oftener than deeds. Trench.

 

3. The act of a villain; a deed of deep depravity; a crime. Such villainies roused Horace into wrath. Dryden. That execrable sum of all villainies commonly called a slave trade. John Wesley.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

villain

vil lain |ˈvilən ˈvɪlən | ▶noun 1 (in a film, novel, or play ) a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot: the terrorists are cartoon villains | I have played more good guys than villains. • the person or thing responsible for specified trouble, harm, or damage: the industrialized nations are the real environmental villains. 2 archaic variant spelling of villein. DERIVATIVES vil lain ess |ˈvilənəs |noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘a rustic, boor ’): from Old French vilein, based on Latin villa (see villa ).

 

villainous

vil lain ous |ˈvilənəs ˈvɪlənəs | ▶adjective relating to, constituting, or guilty of wicked or criminal behavior: his group of villainous accomplices are wreaking havoc on the city. • informal extremely bad or unpleasant: a villainous smell. DERIVATIVES vil lain ous ly adverb, vil lain ous ness noun

 

villainy

vil lain y |ˈvilənē ˈvɪləni | ▶noun ( pl. villainies ) wicked or criminal behavior: the villainy of professional racketeers | minor villainies. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French vilenie, from vilein (see villain ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

villain

villain |ˈvɪlən | ▶noun 1 ( fem. villainess ) (in a film, novel, or play ) a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot: a pantomime villain | I have played more good guys than villains. • Brit. informal a criminal: some people have been tricked by villains with false identity cards. the armed villains run off into the night. • the person or thing responsible for specified problems, harm, or damage: the industrialized nations are the real environmental villains. 2 archaic variant spelling of villein. PHRASES the villain of the piece Brit. the person or thing responsible for all of the trouble or harm in a particular situation: TV tends to be cast as the villain of the piece | Holdsworth was the villain of the piece when he missed an open goal. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘a rustic, boor ’): from Old French vilein, based on Latin villa (see villa ).

 

villainous

vil ¦lain |ous |ˈvɪlənəs | ▶adjective 1 relating to, constituting, or guilty of wicked or criminal behaviour: a villainous plot. 2 informal extremely bad or unpleasant: a villainous smell. DERIVATIVES villainously adverb, villainousness noun

 

villainy

vil |lainy |ˈvɪləni | ▶noun ( pl. villainies ) [ mass noun ] wicked or criminal behaviour: the villainy of professional racketeers | [ count noun ] : minor villainies. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French vilenie, from vilein (see villain ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

villain

villain noun my favorite Disney villain was Cruella: criminal, lawbreaker, offender, felon, convict, malefactor, wrongdoer; gangster, gunman, thief, robber; rogue, reprobate, ruffian, hoodlum; miscreant, scoundrel; Law malfeasant; informal crook, con, bad guy, baddy, lowlife; dated cad, knave; archaic blackguard.

 

villainous

villainous adjective a taut thriller in which the hero makes a subtle shift from virtuous to villainous: wicked, evil, iniquitous, sinful, nefarious, vile, foul, monstrous, outrageous, atrocious, abominable, reprehensible, hateful, odious, contemptible, horrible, heinous, egregious, diabolical, flagitious, fiendish, vicious, murderous; criminal, illicit, unlawful, illegal, lawless; immoral, corrupt, degenerate, sordid, depraved, dishonest, dishonorable, unscrupulous, unprincipled; informal crooked, bent, lowdown, dirty, shady; dated dastardly. ANTONYMS virtuous.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

villain

villain noun an evil villain bent on destroying and dominating the world: criminal, lawbreaker, outlaw, offender, felon, convict, jailbird, malefactor, wrongdoer; transgressor, sinner; gangster, gunman, bandit, brigand, desperado, thief, robber, mugger, swindler, fraudster, racketeer, terrorist, pirate; rogue, scoundrel, wretch, heel, reprobate, charlatan, evil-doer, ruffian, hoodlum, hooligan, thug, delinquent, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing; informal crook, con, crim, baddy, shark, rat, snake, snake in the grass, dog, hound, louse, swine, scumbag, wrong 'un; Brit. informal, dated rotter, bounder, bad egg, stinker; Law malfeasant, misfeasor, infractor; dated cad, knave, rake; archaic miscreant, blackguard.

 

villainous

villainous adjective Captain Mason led the villainous attack on the sleeping village: wicked, evil, iniquitous, sinful, nefarious, vile, foul, monstrous, shocking, outrageous, atrocious, abominable, reprehensible, hateful, detestable, despicable, odious, contemptible, horrible, heinous, execrable, diabolical, diabolic, fiendish, vicious, murderous, barbarous, black, dark, rotten; criminal, illicit, unlawful, illegal, illegitimate, lawless, felonious, indictable, transgressing, wrong, immoral, corrupt, degenerate, reprobate, sordid, depraved, dissolute, bad, base, dishonourable, dishonest, unscrupulous, unprincipled, underhand, roguish; informal crooked, bent, warped, low-down, stinking, dirty, shady, rascally, scoundrelly; Brit. informal beastly, not cricket; Law malfeasant; archaic dastardly; rare egregious, flagitious. ANTONYMS good, virtuous.

 

villainy

villainy noun the potential to degenerate into villainy lies within even a nobleman: wickedness, badness, evil, evil-doing, sin, sinfulness, iniquity, vileness, baseness, wrong, wrongdoing, dishonesty, double-dealing, unscrupulousness, roguery, rascality, delinquency, disgrace, viciousness, degeneracy, depravity, dissolution, dissipation, immorality, turpitude, devilry, devilishness, heinousness; crime, vice, criminality, lawlessness, lawbreaking, corruption, venality; offence, misdeed, misconduct, transgression; informal crookedness, shadiness; Law malfeasance; archaic knavery, deviltry.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

villain

vil lain /vɪ́lən /名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 〖通例the ～〗(劇 小説 映画などの )悪役, かたき役 (↔hero , heroine )▸ play a villain 悪役を演じる .2 悪者, 悪党 ; ならず者 ;｟ 英 くだけて ｠犯罪者, 犯人 .3 ｟おどけて ｠いたずらっ子, やつ ▸ You little villain !こいつめ .4 〖the ～〗(問題などを起こした )張本人, 元凶 .the v ì llain of the p í ece ｟しばしばおどけて ｠(問題を起こした )張本人, 元凶 .

 

villainess

v í l lain ess /-əs /名詞 C (女の )悪党, 悪役 (｟男女共用 ｠villain )(→-ess 語法 ).

 

villainous

vil lain ous /vɪ́lənəs /形容詞 1 ｟主に文 ｠悪人の (ような ); 極悪な, 悪辣 （あくらつ ）な (evil )▸ a villainous deed 卑劣な行為 2 ｟くだけて ｠ひどく悪い, ひどい, いやな ▸ villainous weather いやな天気 .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞

 

villainy

vil lain y /vɪ́ləni /名詞 複 -ies ｟文 ｠1 U 極悪非道, 下劣 .2 C 悪事, 悪行, 極悪な行い .