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villainy

The word “villainy” has 3 syllables: vil-lain-y

It's pronounced as /ˈvɪləni/

What is synonym and antonym for villainy?

In the thesaurus, “villainy” has 52 synonyms and 13 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for villainy along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for villainy

Antonyms for villainy

  • decency
  • good
  • goodness
  • honesty
  • integrity
  • morality
  • probity
  • rectitude
  • right
  • righteousness
  • uprightness
  • virtue
  • virtuousness

Meanings of villainy

  • noun
    1. Evil or wicked character or behaviour.
    2. A wicked or treacherous act.
  • adjective
    1. Characteristic of a villain.

Example Sentences

  • The villainy of his actions was revealed only after the final twist in the story.
  • The character’s descent into villainy was slow but inevitable.
  • The villainy in the novel was not only portrayed by the antagonist but also by the hero’s actions.
  • The kingdom fell into ruin due to the unchecked villainy of its rulers.
  • She could not believe that someone so beloved could commit such villainy.

On this page you'll find 65 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to villainy, such as: abomination, anathema, atrociousness, atrocity, bad, badness, balefulness.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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abjection

  • abasement
  • abjectness
  • affliction
  • agony
  • anguish
  • aridity
  • avarice
  • bankruptcy
  • barrenness
  • baseness
  • beastliness
  • beggary
  • blahs
  • bleakness
  • blue funk
  • bummer
  • cheerlessness
  • churlishness
  • closeness
  • contemptibleness
  • corruption
  • corruptness
  • covetousness
  • dearth
  • debasement
  • debauchery
  • debt
  • decadence
  • decadency
  • deficiency
  • deficit
  • degeneracy
  • degenerateness
  • degeneration
  • degradation
  • dejection
  • demoralization
  • depletion
  • depravity
  • depression
  • desolation
  • despair
  • desperation
  • despondency
  • destitution
  • difficulty
  • discomfort
  • disconsolation
  • discontent
  • discouragement
  • dispiritedness
  • disrepute
  • dissipatedness
  • dissipation
  • dissoluteness
  • distress
  • dole
  • dolefulness
  • dolor
  • downheartedness
  • dreariness
  • dullness
  • dumps
  • emptiness
  • ennui
  • evil
  • exiguity
  • famine
  • filth
  • frugality
  • gangrene
  • gloom
  • gloominess
  • greed
  • grief
  • hardship
  • heaviness of heart
  • heavyheartedness
  • hopelessness
  • ill temper
  • immorality
  • impecuniosity
  • impecuniousness
  • impoverishment
  • inadequacy
  • indigence
  • infamy
  • iniquity
  • insolvency
  • insufficiency
  • knavishness
  • lack
  • libertinage
  • libertinism
  • lowness
  • lugubriosity
  • malice
  • malignity
  • meagerness
  • melancholia
  • melancholy
  • miserliness
  • misery
  • mortification
  • necessitousness
  • necessity
  • need
  • neediness
  • pain
  • parsimony
  • pass
  • paucity
  • pauperism
  • pennilessness
  • penuriousness
  • penury
  • perversion
  • pervertedness
  • pettiness
  • pinch
  • poorness
  • privation
  • qualm
  • rakishness
  • rapacity
  • reduction
  • rot
  • sadness
  • scarcity
  • shamelessness
  • shortage
  • sinfulness
  • smallmindedness
  • sordidness
  • sorrow
  • squalor
  • starvation
  • stinginess
  • straits
  • suffering
  • the blues
  • torment
  • trouble
  • turpitude
  • underdevelopment
  • unhappiness
  • unkindness
  • unscrupulousness
  • unworthiness
  • vacancy
  • vapors
  • villainy
  • want
  • wickedness
  • woe
  • woefulness
  • worry

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