What are female villains called?

A female villain is sometimes called a villainess. Random House Unabridged Dictionary defines villain as "a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel; or a character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot".
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What is the feminine gender of villain?

The word villain usually covers both masculine and feminine cases (though villainess does exist).
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Can a female be a villain?

Then there's another category: the conflicted villainess. These women can't quite decide which side they're on, and will occasionally use their powers for good – especially if there's something in it for them. Here, British Vogue revisits some of the best portrayals of female villains in Hollywood history.
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Who is the evilest female villain?

Evil Queen (Snow White)
  • Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)
  • Bellatrix Lestrange (Harry Potter)
  • Miranda Priestly (Devil Wears Prada)
  • Ursula (The Little Mermaid)
  • Nurse Ratched (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
  • Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz)
  • Regina George (Mean Girls)
  • Lady Tremaine (Cinderella)
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Why are female villains attractive?

Female villains are often way more sophisticated than their male counterparts, too, using sly manipulation and twisted game-playing to their advantage — which is basically really enjoyable to watch.
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Top 10 Female Supervillains



How are female villains portrayed?

Female villains are often portrayed as sexy, alluring and tend to use their bodies and beauty to trick men. While overused, there is a right way to use sexuality effectively. Instead of your villain using her sexuality as a way to distract her victim, emphasize just how powerful a woman's sexuality can be.
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Why are villains so hot?

"I think that a lot of the time, people will see the 'bad guy' as attractive because it's exciting and because it instills fear." In fact, fear plays a large role in nonsexual arousal. It causes a rush of chemicals that we typically associate with attraction — adrenaline, endorphins and dopamine.
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Who was the first female villain?

Catwoman, the very first of the female super villains, is Selina Kyle, but in her first appearance, she was known only as "The Cat," and did not appear in costume.
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Who is the prettiest villain?

15 Most Stylish Villains of All Time
  • Blair Waldorf, Gossip Girl. ...
  • Joan Crawford, Mommie Dearest. ...
  • Elle Driver, Kill Bill Vol. ...
  • Catwoman, Batman Returns. ...
  • Maleficent, Sleeping Beauty. ...
  • Marquis de Merteuil, Dangerous Liaisons. ...
  • Alexis Colby, Dynasty. ...
  • Cruella De Vil, 101 Dalmations.
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How do you write female villains?

  1. Need of credibility. If you are going to write a female antagonist, you need to be aware of one very important thing. Female antagonists are rare and few between, and are generally not very popular. ...
  2. Great backstory. ...
  3. Core values. ...
  4. Clear purpose and expertise. ...
  5. Make her redeemable.
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How many female Disney villains are there?

Disney: Ranking The 15 Greatest Female Villains
  1. 1 Ursula (The Little Mermaid)
  2. 2 Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty) ...
  3. 3 Mother Gothel (Tangled) ...
  4. 4 Cruella de Vil (101 Dalmations) ...
  5. 5 The Evil Queen (Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs) ...
  6. 6 The Sanderson Sisters (Hocus Pocus) ...
  7. 7 Yzma (The Emperor's New Groove) ...
  8. 8 Lady Tremaine (Cinderella) ...
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Is Eve a villain?

She is also the mother of Cain and Abel. Although she isn't directly villainous, Eve is responsible for Lucifer's behaviour throughout the season and was the one who selfishly summoned Dromos and the demons from Hell just so she could have his love to herself.
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What's the opposite of a villain?

Opposite of an unkind, evil or unscrupulous person. hero. heroine. saviorUS. saviourUK.
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What's the opposite gender of hero?

In the sense "the principal character in a story, play, etc.," a hero is male and a heroine is female: Margaret is the novel's heroine.
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What is the masculine of gender?

Masculine Nouns

A noun that denotes a male person or animal is said to be of the masculine gender. For example: boy, king, bull.
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What is the creepiest name?

Spooky Names
  • Arachna. Spider Woman.
  • Banshee. Screaming Spirit.
  • Barnabas. First name of vampire from TV show (soon to be movie) "Dark Shadows"
  • Beelzebub. Another name for Devil.
  • Betelgeuse. Scary spirit - don't say it 3 times!
  • Blair. From the movie The Blair Witch Project.
  • Bloody Mary. Ghost Legend.
  • Blackbeard. Pirate Ghost.
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What are some dark evil names?

50 Evil Boy Names
  • Abaddon. Abaddon is a Hebrew name meaning ruin, destruction. ...
  • Abchanchu. The meaning of the name Abchanchu is unknown. ...
  • Acheron. Acheron is Latin and means river of sorrow. ...
  • Adbeel. Adbeel is a Hebrew name that means grieved by God. ...
  • Ahriman. ...
  • Amon. ...
  • Andras. ...
  • Anubis.
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Is Hela a villain?

Type of Villain

Our destiny is to rule over all others. And I am here to restore that power. Hela to the Einherjar. Hela Odinsdottir is a major antagonist in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, serving as the main antagonist of Thor: Ragnarok and a posthumous antagonist in Avengers: Infinity War.
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Why Hela is a good villain?

Hela makes no claims of fighting for the greater good, she revels in the bloodshed and destruction she causes. She treats conquering Asgard with a sense of blasé nonchalance, as if wiping out hordes of enemy soldiers is just a minor inconvenience. And of course, she has a wickedly dry sense of humor throughout it all.
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Who is the evil woman in Thor: Ragnarok?

Hela Odinsdottir was the main villainess from the 2017 film, Thor: Ragnarok. She was the revealed first born offspring of Odin, and the older sister of Thor and Loki.
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Who is the hottest female villain?

Top 10 Sexiest Female Movie Villains
  • Glenn Close as Alex Forrest ('Fatal Attraction') ...
  • Lucy Liu as O-Ren Oshii ('Kill Bill Vol. ...
  • Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy ('Batman & Robin') ...
  • Sienna Miller as The Baroness ('G.I. ...
  • Demi Moore as Madison Lee ('Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle') ...
  • Famke Janssen as Xenia Onatopp ('GoldenEye')
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Who is the hottest villain?

20 Sexiest Villains from TV and Film
  • Anakin Skywalker— “Star Wars: Episodes II and III” ...
  • Kylo Ren— “Star Wars Episodes VII, VIII and IX” ...
  • Draco Malfoy—Harry Potter Series. ...
  • Jareth the Goblin King— “Labyrinth” ...
  • Eric Coulter— “Divergent” ...
  • Zuko— “Avatar: The Last Airbender” ...
  • Alonzo Harris— “Training Day”
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Why do we fall in love with villains?

People care about their self-image and tend to see themselves in a positive way. Moreover, they try to avoid any negative associations that would damage their self-image. In this case, the researchers explored whether people favored villains as a safe way to explore darker traits or actions without fear of judgment.
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