How to Use villainess in a Sentence

villainess

noun
Definition of villainessnext
Synonyms for villainessnext
  • This role was way more of a straight character and a villainess.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The evil villainess looks up with her piercing green eyes, dons a pair of creepy horns on her head, and wears a killer pair of massive wings on her back.
    — Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Mar. 2019
  • Kate McKinnon purrfects the quirks, cringe, and nonsense of the Tiger King villainess.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Bryce Dallas Howard sucked the marrow from her turn as villainess, and the baby vampire army was a little cool.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 3 July 2014
  • The more interesting characters are the lovesick Hong Bing and the villainess Shu Ja, who are at least more vivid and less predictable.
    — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2019
  • That was from Cruella, the new movie starring Emma Stone as a younger version of the classic Disney villainess.
    — Shannon Rae Green, USA TODAY, 28 May 2021
  • Tati Gabrielle, fearsome) is a homicidal villainess who could give James Bond a run for his money.
    — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2022
  • There’s magic gone wrong and light-hearted tension and music and dancing and silliness and a villainess played by Maya Rudolph.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Sci-fi villainess vibes, which is honestly a perfect fit for NYFW.
    — Carly Cardellino, Cosmopolitan, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Ti West surprised audiences at the end of X with the promise of Pearl, a prequel exploring the bloody origin story of X’s villainess.
    — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Disney darling Dove Cameron has been acting for 7 years, playing everything from a villainess to Cher Horowitz.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 27 Mar. 2019
  • While the villainess has the early upper hand, flooring Nicky with a backflip and astounding mid-air kick in the shoulder, Nicky strikes back, kicking Zhilan in the face and forcing the dagger out of her reach.
    — Max Gao, Vulture, 12 May 2021
  • Chopra, whose villainess seems bored by the whole situation, would rather be eviling it up in a James Bond movie, and the fireworks-laden climax is full of punch but leans predictable and lacks excitement.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 May 2017
  • One of very few African-American cast members, she was famously portrayed as the trouble-maker, a soap opera villainess.
    — Rhonda Garelick, The Cut, 20 Dec. 2017
  • On the one hand, there is the villainess, Victoria Leeds (Priyanka Chopra), who is a drug dealer and a property developer: double bad.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 5 June 2017
  • This classic villainess will get her very own origin story on Disney+ starting today.
    — Travis Bean, Forbes, 28 May 2021
  • Gellar did pay tribute to her scheming villainess in 2022’s Do Revenge, in which her unnamed headmaster gives off major Kathryn vibes.
    — Reboots Apr. 4, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Britain, the new Cruella trailer teases the villainess' many confrontations with the Baroness as her plot combines a nefarious thirst for vengeance and her desire to dominate the fashion world.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2021
  • All the components of a traditional fairytale are present in the story: warring kings, a marriageable princess, fairies, a prince, enchantments, a villainess.
    — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 11 Apr. 2021
  • Mistress Mickle, actually Jenny Early, is an actress who now has a gig playing the villainess in a children’s game show.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2021
  • In either case, here’s hoping that the show will finally acknowledge Bette’s true nature, allowing this wolf in Armani clothing to be the glamorous villainess she was always meant to be.
    — New York Times, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Sleeping Beauty villainess Maleficent (in two films so far).
    — Armond White, National Review, 28 May 2021
  • Channeling her inner villainess, Kardashian went all-out for the Midori Green Halloween party in 2011.
    — Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Weaver will be in attendance for the inaugural night of screenings on February 2 to talk about her iconic corporate villainess.
    — April Wolfe, Los Angeles Magazine, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Her version is superbly dramatized and, with its cast of spineless lovers and hymen-breaking villainesses, a very Iranian tale, every scene designed to stir up fury or longing.
    — Dina Nayeri, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The dramatic conflict revolves around the plans of wealthy villainess Bitsy Brandenham (Stanley Tucci), who’s determined to turn the park into a home for condos and shopping centers.
    — Jeanne Jakle, ExpressNews.com, 4 June 2020
  • When the sleety villainess menaces people, the production achieves needed focus and momentum, like a snowball speeding toward its target.
    — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2019
  • The plot has the Baywatchers rescuing drowning people, dispensing helpful lifesaving tips and tangling with a drug-smuggling villainess played by Priyanka Chopra.
    — Soren Andersen, The Seattle Times, 24 May 2017
  • The boss, Clyde (the galvanic Tamberla Perry), is a larger-than-life, terrifyingly glamorous villainess in an ever-changing carapace of Lycra and leather haute couture.
    — Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2022
  • For institutional pre-Trump Republicans, Pelosi is perhaps the villainess par excellence, and cutting a deal with her is a Faustian bargain, only without the upfront benefits but all of the soul-selling.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2017

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'villainess.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: