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Unlikable principal
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antihero
Alternative clues for the word antihero
- Dirty Harry or Tony Soprano
- A protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine)
- Protagonist with likability issues
- See 9-Down
- I'll appear in another novel, perhaps
- Negative figure in drama, ultimately, or in the novel
- Lionheart losing head and running? Not him
- Protagonist in fiction
Word definitions for antihero in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An antihero , or antiheroine , is a protagonist who lacks conventional heroic qualities such as idealism , courage , or morality . These individuals often possess dark personality traits such as disagreeableness, dishonesty, and aggressiveness. These characters ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In all fairness, Maskelyne is more an antihero than a villain, probably more hardheaded than hard-hearted.
Usage examples of antihero.
Miller's Batman and Moore's tormented antiheroes owe much to the creepy affectlessness and suppressed fury of Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry.
What they call antiheroes are really unlikely heroes, or attractive villains—the fat cop or Richard III.
She portrayed a series of love interests attached to cynical antiheroes, like Margo Colby in Blue Light and Lisa in Casablanca.
Not broken and dragged down to raving insanity the way the archetypal antiheroes of experia horror flicks always end up.
The world would be a much better place if there were more heroes and fewer antiheroes.
Robert Cohn, who will confess his innermost feelings to anyone who will listen, is one of Hemingway's antiheroes.
Though they captured the imagination of poets and chroniclers—the Knights of the Grail in Parzival were Templars, as were the demonic antiheroes in Ivanhoe —as the Crusades acquired the label of European aggression and imperialism, the Templars became an integral part of their brutal fanaticism.