villain

Preposition: of

• piece: In truth, the first villain of the piece was referee Chris Foy.

Converse of object

• thwart: A sliding drawbridge thwarts the villains trying to attack your castle.
• confront: When he confronts the villain, the man commits suicide.
• mask: On Monday 25 February, Sosa was enjoying his customary morning jog when he was grabbed by a gang of masked villains.
• chase: Most cartoonists barely have enough attention span to brush their teeth, [ And run around chasing villains all day.
• defeat: The competition begins and - although Team Rocket shows up during the games - Ash defeats the villains and goes on to victory.
• catch: It is certainly not about solving crimes or catching villains.

Preposition: in

• movie: An unknown actor is to play the villain in the new Bond movie.

Adjective modifier

• dastardly: Selfless heroes and heroines pitted against dastardly villains - it's the eternal bout between good and evil.
• black-hearted: Reveal your skills as a swordsman as you tackle black-hearted villains and prove your strategic prowess as you lay siege to seemingly impregnable fortresses.
• one-dimensional: Despite one particularly gruesome bout of violence that we see in episode 3, Harry is more than a purely one-dimensional villain.
• ruthless: But now here she was, suddenly reinvented as ruthless villain.
• notorious: At the car park they swoop, carting away some of London's most notorious villains.
• super: Notes: This is more of a ' Getting to know you ' episode, with a minor ' super villain ' plot attached.

Noun used with modifier

• pantomime: The script calls for a pantomime villain, a shadow that occasionally becomes solid.
• panto: It was tempting to lurk behind one of these green lights and make like a panto villain, but I thought better of it.
• arch: His arch villain is Texan attorney Edward A Clark.
• bond: We even have a sub bond villain in a wheelchair using a voice box to speak.
• cartoon: As long as there is a cartoon villain to put up front and stone to death, then people don't notice.
• movie: Largo is one of the worst Bond movie villains.