villainess

noun

vil·lain·ess ˈvi-lə-nəs

: a woman who is a villain

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Before Blanchett played the Evil Stepmother of 2015’s Cinderella, Wiegler was the actress’s first stab at a fairy-tale-like villainess, rocking a white-trash accent offset by her sleek outfits and lethal skills with a gun. —

Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024 As Jennifer, Zamata will be a key member of the coven led by the titular Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn), the villainess still reeling from the loss of her witchy magic a la Wanda Maximoff’s (Elizabeth Olsen) revenge. —

Shania Russell, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2024 Bob Odenkirk is reprising his role as mild-mannered family man who is secretly a former government assassin, while Sharon Stone is cast as the stone-cold villainess of the piece. —

Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 Actress Alison Sweeney, who has played the scheming soap villainess on and off for decades, is reprising her role on the long-running daytime drama. —

Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for villainess