Synonyms of villainy

villainy

noun

ˈvi-lə-nē 

as in evil

that which is morally unacceptable

psychologists and sociologists have tried to discover the roots of such unspeakable villainy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• evil
• bad
• badness
• evilness
• wrong
• sin
• immorality
• sinfulness
• evildoing
• iniquity
• ill
• vileness
• deviltry
• wickedness
• diabolism
• heinousness
• darkness
• satanism
• atrocity
• corruption
• devilishness
• devilry
• enormity
• squalor
• fiendishness
• perversion
• scurrility
• depravity
• decay
• canker
• degeneracy
• rot
• atrociousness
• debauchery
• malefaction
• cancer
• indecency
• depravedness
• abomination
• balefulness
• iniquitousness
• tabu
• taboo
• anathema
• pervertedness
• scurrilousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of villainy

While the show nails his glow-up from being a cowardly yakuza to becoming a major player in the Tojo clan, the climax fumbles his fall from grace by devolving his menace and inner turmoil into cartoonish villainy in the show’s finale. —Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024

So many movies depict tech bringing out the worst in people, leaving us with the sort of cop-out villainy of computers are bad! —Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2024

For the perpetually put-upon Rhiannon, victimhood and villainy are two sides of the same coin. —Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024

The closest any of his star turns have come to villainy are the first and fourth Rambo films, but Rambo is Frankenstein’s monster, not Dracula. —Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2024