villain
ਖਲਨਾਇਕ
definition
noun
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(in a film, novel, or play) a character whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot.
example
Chaucer was great, the 'villain' was definitely evil, and the jousting/action scenes were very well done.
Voldermort is the evil 'villain' in the novel, the murderer of Harry's parents, and the creature who plans to kill Harry.
‘It is a thriller where the main 'villain' is not a person but AIDS itself,’ says Mr. Sarup.
Ripley is the ambiguous, charming 'villain' in Patricia Highsmith's iconic series of novels who has fascinated readers since he first appeared in 1955.
Trichinosis, a parasite found in pork, is the 'villain' responsible for this accepted practice of burning of our precious pork chops.
In the James Bond thriller On Her Majesty's Secret Service a 'villain' dies horribly when he pitches on to a toboggan run and slides to the bottom - by which time he is hamburger.
They even try to hold the country's governing council responsible for the 'villain' 's actions and demand immediate attacks.
In Orwell's novel 1984, Big Brother is the evil 'villain' .
A normal thriller would have a 'villain' , ready to strike at any moment and a hero in hot pursuit of the truth that will set him or her free.
BBC One is attempting to locate and vanquish the 'villain' responsible.
There's even a Hollywood feature film in production, featuring Ben Kingsley as evil 'villain' the Hood, and due for release sometime next year.
For this act he inherited the role of pantomime 'villain' and was booed roundly every time he touched the ball from then on.
While Woodward would gladly play the role of pantomime 'villain' this summer when he takes his Lions to New Zealand, he is not so keen to have the boos and hisses directed at his players.
The real 'villain' in this depiction is the devil.
To me, he is a great 'villain' , responsible for millions of deaths and for keeping the country in poverty.
Why is it taking more than three months to investigate the real 'villain' ?
Is the English ivy covering the unattractive fence in my backyard really an environmental 'villain' ?
This is a line that is greatly overused in action movies where an evil 'villain' has plotted to take over the world… or whatever.
He and his pals have to find the real 'villain' to clear Harry and stop the carnage.
Of course the evil plot that the 'villain' finally springs in the third act makes no particular sense.
a pantomime 'villain'
The mother has been the busybody 'villainess' of our story all along.
But neither Lecter, nor the terrible Mason, are the real 'villains' of ‘Hannibal’.
To intensify the tragedy of King Lear, Shakespeare has not one but two tragic characters and four 'villains' .
An obscene moral inversion has taken place in mainstream thinking, in which those who commit mass murder are viewed with sympathy while their victims are presented as the real 'villains' .
As for Australian ports' image of being environmental 'villains' , Hirst says the tag is undeserved for the most part.
The most egregious environmental 'villains' in the tableware industry are probably plastic disposables.
Are you an evil 'villainess' bent on destroying the city?
Ayurveds also agree that the real 'villains' behind hypertension are smoking, alcohol consumption and high salt intake.
John Lawton writes spy novels in which the spies are 'villains' , and there's no doubt about it.
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