anti-villain
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.85 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An antagonist who has or may have noble or honorable aims, but pursues them destructively.
Example Sentences
- "As much the anti-hero initially as Thorpe is anti-villain, Tinley's function in the first volume is to expose to Catherine various modes of triviality and affectation."
- "The rise of the anti-hero as the protagonist of much of modern fiction was accompanied by the rise of what one might call the “anti-villain,” ironically understood as more interesting than his heroic counterpart."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
anti-villains (plural)
antivillain (alternative)
Phrases
anti-villainess
anti-villainous