evil laugh

English

Noun

evil laugh (plural evil laughs)

1. A signature laugh associated with villains in films and acting, sometimes represented as muahahaha or bwahaha.

   Synonym: evil laughter

Usage notes

• In chat rooms, this phrase often appears enclosed in angle brackets (<evil laugh>) or asterisks (*evil laugh*) or some other form of special formatting.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:evil laugh.

Translations

villain's signature laugh

• Dutch: demonische lach m
• Finnish: käkätys (fi), hähätys (fi)
• French: rire sardonique (fr) m, rire de méchant m, rire diabolique m
• German: dreckige Lache, hämische Lache, schmutzige Lache
• Italian: risata malvagia f, risata diabolica f
• Japanese: 悪の笑い (あくのわらい, aku no warai)
• Portuguese: gargalhada fatal f (Brazil)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: ondskefullt skratt n