villain

Bösewicht

Die böse Figur einer Geschichte, die gegen die Hauptfigur handelt.

In einfachem Englisch: The bad character in a story who opposes the main character.

• The villain escapes at the end.
• She played the villain in that film.
• The heroes finally defeated the villains.

Synonyme: antagonist, bad guy

Gegenteile: hero

Häufige Wendungen: the main villain, play the villain, a movie villain

Bösewicht, Schurke

Eine Person, die grausam handelt oder schweres Unrecht begeht.

In einfachem Englisch: A person who behaves cruelly or does seriously wrong things.

• He was a cruel villain.
• The papers called the businessman a villain.
• Those villains cheated elderly people out of their savings.

Synonyme: scoundrel, wrongdoer

Häufige Wendungen: a cruel villain, a real villain, the main villain, a wicked villain

Gegner

Ein gegnerischer Pokerspieler, besonders bei der Erklärung einer beispielhaften Hand.

In einfachem Englisch: An opposing player in poker, especially when explaining an example hand.

• Villain raises before the flop.
• If villain folds, we win the pot.
• The villains have smaller stacks than we do.

Synonyme: opponent

Häufige Wendungen: villain bets, villain calls, villain folds