villainy noun 6adjective 1forms 3 noun6 •Evil or wicked character or behaviour.Mos Eisley spaceport- you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. — 1977 •A wicked or treacherous act. •(no longer used) Boorishness, rudeness, bad cultivation or manners. •(no longer used) Ill-treatment, indignity, degrading or shameful treatment of someone. •(no longer used) Disgrace, ignominy. •(no longer used) The state of being a villein or serf, and by extension servitude or low estate in life. adjective1 •Characteristic of a villain.We are all villainy— very villainy, as I am a Christian man. — 1839 formsvillainies · more villainy · most villainy