thrill-killer
Kills for excitement
A thrill-killer murders for excitement or psychological gratification rather than material gain, revenge, or other conventional motives.
The term emphasizes that the act itself—the power, the transgression, the sensation—is the point: Leopold and Loeb were thrill-killers who murdered a boy just to see if they could get away with it.
Person without conscience
- sociopathOne without conscience
- sadisticFinding pleasure in cruelty
- cold-bloodedUnfeeling or externally heated
- remorselessLacking guilt or pity
callous · antisocial · unempathetic · narcissistic · amoral · deranged · manipulative · compulsion
One who unlawfully kills
- homicideCausing another's death
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
- culpritPerson found guilty
- felonSerious crime perpetrator
convict · prosecution · incarceration · sentence · guilty · justice · defense · alibi
psychopath
Person without conscience
- sociopathOne without conscience
- sadisticFinding pleasure in cruelty
- cold-bloodedUnfeeling or externally heated
remorseless · callous · antisocial · unempathetic · narcissistic · amoral · deranged · manipulative · compulsion · deviant
murderer
One who unlawfully kills
- homicideCausing another's death
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
- culpritPerson found guilty
felon · convict · prosecution · incarceration · sentence · guilty · justice · defense · alibi · manhunt
macabre
Disturbing, death-obsessed
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
- chillingCausing fear or cold
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
eerie · morbid · ghoulish · haunting · dark · grim · grotesque · creepy · gothic · disturbing
stalking
Stealthy, persistent pursuit
prowling · ambush · targeting · surveillance · trap · pursuit · capture · pouncing · stealthy · methodical
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Paid professional murderer
hitman · mercenary · mercy killer · assassin · hired gun
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Emergency rescue person
healer · paramedic · humanitarian · rescuer · Good Samaritan
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Selfless benefactor of others
empath · caregiver · nurturer · philanthropist · bleeding heart
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