Angel and Hound

Angel

Angel noun - An innocent or gentle person.

Hound is an antonym for angel.

Nearby Words: angelic, angelical, angelically, angelica, angelia

Hound

Hound noun - A mean, evil, or unprincipled person.
Usage example: a no-good hound who got his girlfriend pregnant and then took off

Angel is an antonym for hound.

Nearby Words: hounded, hounding

How words are described

beloved beloved angel beloved hound
old old angel old hound
normal normal angel normal hound
typical typical angel typical hound
Other adjectives: certain, original, half, real, little, tiny, bad, black, young, new, final, mysterious, gigantic, titular, next, literal, giant, eponymous.

Both words in one sentence

  • Talking Animal It's quite possible he wasn't a hound after all but a Maia (angel-like creature) in animal form — Tolkien doesn't seem to have made up his mind about this.
  • In the Astro City story "The Tarnished Angel," the heroic El Hombre crosses this when the girl he loves marries someone else and he discovers that he is actually a vain Glory Hound who needs the adulation of the public.
  • Comic Book / Astro City Glory Hound: The Conquistador in Tarnished Angel, who is actually the disgraced superhero El Hombre, who misses being famous so much that he stages a supervillain attack so that he can stop it and become famous again.
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