VILLAINOUSLY Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

villainously

adverb

Definition of villainously

as in maliciously

in a mean or spiteful manner the robber villainously snatched the necklace from the old woman's throat

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The president, who has long insisted that someone maliciously vandalized the lining of the pool with a knife or boxcutter, first rebuked Pirro's decision to drop the Hearn case in a Saturday social media post.

— Emily Chang, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
During his arraignment a month later, Brown pleaded not guilty to one count of attempting to unlawfully and maliciously cause grievous bodily harm with intent.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of maliciously

Adverb

Although the Supreme Court’s power to overrule Congress is now broadly accepted, it was bitterly contested for more than a century.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
After six months of war, the deadlock has left the Islamic Republic bitterly divided, while its ultimate arbiter, Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, remains in hiding.

— Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of bitterly

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Ben created a world that is darkly funny and wickedly clever.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
This is a wickedly precise rendering of a young, self-destructive heroine worshiping at the altar of a false idol—and narrated in hindsight, from her later, more perspicacious vantage.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

Definition of wickedly

Adverb

In an early 2000s commercial, Michelob Ultra portrayed a woman getting viciously tackled in a football game at a park.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Reyes allegedly smashed a hole through a closet wall from the neighboring apartment and viciously attacked the teen.

— Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of viciously

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But last year Sa’ar instructed Israeli diplomats to set up channels to France’s National Rally, Spain’s ultranationalist Vox party, and the far-right Sweden Democrats—all of which espouse virulently Islamophobic platforms.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
We were warned by President and Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower, along with United States Marine Major General Smedley Butler about the virulently toxic, corruptive and destabilizing influences exerted upon our government by the military industrial complex.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026

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