Definitions of villain. a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately. synonyms: scoundrel.
A villain is defined as an evil or wicked character that enacts evil action and/or harms others. A villain may have a justification for their actions that is in line with their own principles, but their actions inflict harm and create ruin in the process.
: an evil person : scoundrel. 3. : a character in a story or play who opposes the hero.
The best villains are often a little sympathetic—they have a good point, and they're trying their best, but their execution is wrong. Whatever their reasoning is, it doesn't have to make total sense. After all, if their idea was great, they probably wouldn't be a villain.
Actually, the world of villains is similar to the heroes' world as it's full of dreams, challenges and insistence on reaching the goal. The difference is that one fights for evil and the other fights for good. Human beings are confused whether they are inherently good or evil at birth, or they are nurtured to be so.
A villain is a bad person — real or made up. In books, movies, current events, or history, the villain is the character who does mean, evil things on purpose. Today a villain is a wicked person, whether in fact or fiction.
Noun. ▲ Opposite of an unkind, evil or unscrupulous person. hero. heroine.
An antihero is the main character of a story, but one who doesn't act like a typical hero. Antiheroes are often a little villainous.
This is a type of villain who (while they fight on the side of evil) still has at least some honorable traits. As such, they usually treat their foes and minions with respect and demonstrate some extent of mercy or fair play regardless of the outcome.
villainess. noun. vil·lain·ess ˈvil-ə-nəs. : a woman who is a villain.
noun. a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel. a character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot.
Or even a creature. Sometimes the villain is entirely inside the characters' (almost always the protagonist's) head. The villain can be a fear, an obsession, a desire, a dream, a conception of reality, an idea of what “the truth” really is.
We don't tend to think of villains as moral individuals, but they usually are. They just live according to a different set of values than the rest of society. Morals have to do with our beliefs about right and wrong. To make your villain truly ominous, give her a reason for doing the things she does.
Being the “villain” allows us to establish boundaries, prevent others from pushing us too far and, most importantly, it gives us an outlet to express all of our emotions, regardless of whether they're positive.
An anti-villain is a character who has heroic personality traits or goals but is ultimately the bad guy in this story.
A redeemed villain, otherwise known as a villain turned to the good side or former villain, is usually the end result of a villain exposed to a Purely Good hero, a Messiah, a Hope Bringer, and occasionally a Charismatic Hero. They are the exact inverted opposite of Fallen Heroes.
Typically, villains are obsessed with three main things: 1) power, 2) wealth, and 3) revenge.
While there can be villainous protagonists, villains are antagonists when they're not the main character of the story, but instead the main source of conflict for the main characters.
A mean, worthless character in a story or play. (Noun) Synonyms: scoundrel.
Villains are not born, they are made. A villain is someone's hero with a broken heart. There is ALWAYS a reason they behave this way.