Crossword clues for antihero
antihero
- Novel character
- Flawed protagonist
- Captain Jack Sparrow, e.g
- Tony Soprano, for one
- Questionable lead
- Protagonist found lacking
- Nontraditional protagonist
- Film noir protagonist
- Dirty Harry, e.g
- Walter White on "Breaking Bad," for one
- Unsavory protagonist
- Unlikable protagonist
- Unlikable principal
- Protagonist without admirable qualities
- Many a Clint Eastwood role
- Mad Max or Dirty Harry
- Leopold Bloom, e.g
- Jay Gatsby, notably
- Drama character
- Dirty Harry, notably
- Dirty Harry or Tony Soprano
- Cool Hand Luke, for one
- Character such as Michael Scott of "The Office"
- Character lacking courage
- Bad guy you root for
- Atypical protagonist
- Lucky Jim, for one
- Either lead in "Easy Rider," e.g.
- Willy Loman, for one
- Raskolnikov in "Crime and Punishment," e.g.
- See 9-Down
- Gordon Gekko or Rooster Cogburn
- A protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine)
- Don Quixote or Leopold Bloom
- Protagonist of a sort
- Dirty Harry, e.g.
- Protagonist in fiction
- Literary nonachiever
- Question from the back about forecaster putting forward a time?
- One with no heart playing Macbeth for example
- Negative figure in drama, ultimately, or in the novel
- Lionheart losing head and running? Not him
- Ignoble lead character
- I'll appear in another novel, perhaps
- Troubled champion Ronnie half-heartedly fiddled with hat
- Topless senhorita excited unconventional leading man
- Unconventional star upset before hit national shows
- Unlikely protagonist
- Not-so-noble protagonist
- Holden Caulfield, for one
- Clark Kent, for one
- Protagonist with likability issues
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. (context literature gaming English) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals.
WordNet
n. a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine)
[also: antiheroes (pl)]
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 are usually considered "conspicuously contrary to an archetypal hero".
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.