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VILLAINOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does villainousness mean?
• VILLAINOUSNESS (noun)
The noun VILLAINOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior
Familiarity information: VILLAINOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
villainousness; villainy
Hypernyms ("villainousness" is a kind of...):
evil; evilness (the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice)
Derivation:
villainous (extremely wicked)
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