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villainess

villainess noun: a female villain.

Noun

villainess (plural villainesses)

  1. A female villain.

villainess meaning in Hindi, Marathi and Urdu

villainess in Hindi

villainess
खलनायिका khalnāyikā

villainess in Marathi

female villain
खलनायिका khalnāyikā

villainess in Urdu

پجوڑی, شیطان کی خالہ

Forms of villainess

pluralvillainesses

Origin of villainess

From villain + -ess.

Words formed from villainess

Questions about villainess

What does villainess mean?
Villainess means a female villain.
What is villainess in Hindi?
Villainess in Hindi is खलनायिका (khalnāyikā). See Villainess meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is villainess?
Villainess is a noun.
What is the plural of villainess?
The plural of villainess is villainesses.

Words near villainess in the dictionary

  1. villain of the week
  2. villainage
  3. villainages
  4. villaindom
  5. villained
  6. villainess
  7. villainesses
  8. villainhood
  9. villainies
  10. villaining
  11. villainisation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: villainess (page history and authors); खलनायिका (Hindi) (page history and authors); villainess (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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