kinslayer
Killer of relatives
A kinslayer is someone who kills a family member—a slayer of kin.
The term appears primarily in fantasy literature and mythology, where kinslaying is often treated as an especially grievous crime carrying supernatural consequences or eternal shame: The kinslayer was exiled from his people.
The word evokes archaic or epic registers.
Killing one's own brother
- patricideMurder of one's father
- matricideMaternal murder
- regicideMurdering a monarch
- parricideSlaying one's own parent
filicide · sororicide · familicide · bloodshed · slaughter · murder · homicide · manslayer
Under a baleful spell
- damnedCondemned to hell
- bloodguiltMoral responsibility for killing
- stainedMarred by discoloration
- taintedContaminated, made impure
marked · unforgiven · haunted · doomed · cursed · abomination · blight · anathema
Tragic Greek king
- OrestesMatricidal prince of myth
- CainBiblical first killer
- MedeaMythical infanticidal sorceress
- AgamemnonMycenaean king, war leader
Clytemnestra · Electra · Hamlet · Macbeth · hubris · fate · doom · vengeance
One who betrays allegiance
- betrayerOne who breaks allegiance
- oathbreakerOne who breaks promises
- turncoatOne who betrays allegiance
- backstabberDisloyal pretend ally
deceiver · treacherous · perfidious · faithless · disloyal · renegade · defector · double-crosser
Rejected, shunned person
- exileBanishment from homeland
- banishedForced to leave permanently
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
disowned · forsaken · outcast · excommunicated · dishonored · disgraced · stigmatized · condemned
Not allowed
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- profaneIrreverent toward the sacred
- unholyWicked, impious, sinful
- abominationLoathsome, detestable thing
transgression · sin · violation · desecration · bloodline · clan
fratricide
Killing one's own brother
parricide · filicide · sororicide · familicide · bloodshed · slaughter · murder · homicide · manslayer · killer
accursed
Under a baleful spell
- damnedCondemned to hell
- bloodguiltMoral responsibility for killing
- stainedMarred by discoloration
tainted · marked · unforgiven · haunted · doomed · cursed · abomination · blight · anathema
Oedipus
Tragic Greek king
Agamemnon · Clytemnestra · Electra · Hamlet · Macbeth · hubris · fate · doom · vengeance · retribution
traitor
One who betrays allegiance
- betrayerOne who breaks allegiance
- oathbreakerOne who breaks promises
- turncoatOne who betrays allegiance
backstabber · deceiver · treacherous · perfidious · faithless · disloyal · renegade · defector · double-crosser
pariah
Rejected, shunned person
- exileBanishment from homeland
- banishedForced to leave permanently
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
shunned · disowned · forsaken · outcast · excommunicated · dishonored · disgraced · stigmatized · condemned · reviled
forbidden
Not allowed
abomination · transgression · sin · violation · desecration · bloodline · clan