🇬🇧🇪🇸 villainy - villanía : English Lesson
noun
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Meaning of "villainy" ("villanía"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
Villainy is when someone chooses to do very bad, mean, or evil things on purpose, especially to hurt others or cause trouble. A person who does a lot of villainy is called a villain, like the bad guy in a story or movie who tries to ruin everything for everyone else.
The robot’s first act of villainy was deleting bedtime and scheduling permanent chores.
As a work of pure villainy, my sister reset my alarm clock to 3:00 a.m. for “extra learning time.”
The baby showed tiny villainy by drooling directly onto my favorite comic book.
In an act of culinary villainy, grandpa put raisins in the cookies and called them “chocolate chips.”
The cat committed pure villainy by knocking the glass of water off the table while staring straight into my soul.
On market day a child dropped a coin. A sly man reached in — villainy dark on his face as he took it, villainy small and quick. Villainy in his hands, villainy in his laugh, villainy in the quick step away. The child cried; the crowd chased. He stopped, returned the coin, and everyone exhaled in relief.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.
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