villainous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite extremely wicked
    nefarious.
    • nefarious schemes
    • a villainous plot
    • a villainous band of thieves

WordNet

Vil"lain*ous adjective
Etymology
Written also villanous.
Definitions
  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. --- Vil"lain*ous*ly, adv. Vil"lain*ous*ness, n.

Webster 1913