plural villainies
1
: villainous conduct
also
: a villainous act
2
: the quality or state of being villainous : depravity
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Examples of villainy in a Sentence
a story of villainy and betrayal
the gruesome villainies of war
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For the perpetually put-upon Rhiannon, victimhood and villainy are two sides of the same coin.
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
The closest any of his star turns have come to villainy are the first and fourth Rambo films, but Rambo is Frankenstein’s monster, not Dracula.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2024
To pretend that a national tragedy was a personal villainy is a form of escapism and moral abdication.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Even many of the ex-President’s opponents haven’t grasped the scale of the man’s villainy.
—Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
The closest any of his star turns have come to villainy are the first and fourth Rambo films, but Rambo is Frankenstein’s monster, not Dracula.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2024
To pretend that a national tragedy was a personal villainy is a form of escapism and moral abdication.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Even many of the ex-President’s opponents haven’t grasped the scale of the man’s villainy.
—Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Villainy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/villainy. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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villainy
noun
vil·lainy
ˈvil-ə-nē 
plural villainies
: conduct or actions of or typical of a villain
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