Scum and Villain

Scum

Scum noun - A person whose behavior is offensive to others.

Usage example: ignore the heckler—he's complete scum

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Villain and scum are semantically related in knave topic. In some cases you can use "Villain" instead a noun "Scum".

Villain noun - A mean, evil, or unprincipled person.

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Scum and villain are semantically related in knave topic. Sometimes you can use "Scum" instead a noun "Villain".

Nearby Words: villainous, villainy

human	human scum	human villain
female	female scum	female villain
complete	complete scum	complete villain
male	male scum	male villain
Other adjectives: evil, ruthless, worst, sadistic.

Thracken Sal-Solo from The Corellian Trilogy (notable among Star Wars villains for just being scum as opposed to an avatar of pure evil, and for surviving to take a supporting villain roles in later series).

Source: Big Bad / Literature
If it wasn't for the fact he's normally shown dealing with absolute scum, he'd be an outright Villain Protagonist.

Source: Comic Book / The Spectre
Politically Incorrect Villain: The Rivington men just have "evil racist scum" written all over them.

Source: Literature / The Guns of the South

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