Is a there a noun that means an object that is 'evil' or is anti-life? I am looking for a word to characterize a bullet that killed an innocent person.
I have found some adjectives such as heinous, atrocious, nefarious, and malevolent that can accurately describe the bullet, but I am looking for a noun. Characterizing the whole shooting as an atrocity is another solution, but I am looking for a word that is more of an object than an act. Thanks for all help
For example:
The bullet is nothing but a _______
Best Answer
obscenity
This is a word an anguished relative or friend of the innocent victim might use as she/he rails against the immediate cause of the victim's death.
According to Dictionary.com, an obscenity is something that is obscene.
The Free Dictionary has as one of its definitions of obscene