Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Villainous

Villainous , adjective

[Written also villanous.]

1.
Base; vile; mean; depraved; as, a villainous person or wretch.
2.
Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to a villain; as, a villainous action.
3.
Sorry; mean; mischievous; -- in a familiar sense.
A villainous trick of thine eye. — Shakespeare
Collocations (1)
Villainous judgment (O. E. Law) , a judgment that casts reproach on the guilty person.