plural antiheroes
: a protagonist or notable figure who is conspicuously lacking in heroic qualities
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Speaking of which, the episode also gives an antihero’s welcome to Bernthal in an outstanding scene between Matt and Frank.
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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2025
Read More: The Miracle of Gene Hackman The gruff-but-beloved Hackman was among the best actors of his generation, appearing as villains, heroes and antiheroes in dozens of dramas, comedies and action films from the 1960s until his retirement in the early 2000s.
—Susan Montoya Bryan, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
But this more muted tone is appropriate for a grim, gripping story of desperate crooks just trying to get by — and a plot in which the deck is ultimately stacked against our antiheroes.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Deadline reported in December 2024 that Momoa had been tapped to play the antihero.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2025
Read More: The Miracle of Gene Hackman The gruff-but-beloved Hackman was among the best actors of his generation, appearing as villains, heroes and antiheroes in dozens of dramas, comedies and action films from the 1960s until his retirement in the early 2000s.
—Susan Montoya Bryan, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
But this more muted tone is appropriate for a grim, gripping story of desperate crooks just trying to get by — and a plot in which the deck is ultimately stacked against our antiheroes.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Deadline reported in December 2024 that Momoa had been tapped to play the antihero.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for antihero
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“Antihero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antihero. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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