anti-hero
noun /ˈænti hɪərəʊ/
/ˈænti hɪrəʊ/, /ˈæntaɪ hɪrəʊ/
- the main character in a story, but one who does not have the qualities of a typical hero, and is either more like an ordinary person or morally bad
- Anthony Perkins is the evil anti-hero of the Hitchcock thriller ‘Psycho’.
WordfinderTopics Literature and writingc2- anti-hero
- baddy
- character
- goody
- hero
- love interest
- narrator
- protagonist
- trait
- villain