There are good words, but not very. But it is equally pleasant to write about them. Another thing is the phenomena behind them. But we will try not to plunge too deep into the abyss of evil and get carried away with research on the dark side of man. Moreover, we had an excellent specialist in the manifestation of evil in man - F.M. Dostoevsky. We just explain the noun "bastard", and this will be enough.
Origin
Nevertheless, we will have to return to the figure of our illustrious classic to start a conversation about the origin of the object of study. At F.M. Dostoevsky has a little-known quote:
The General finished the last scum from the bottle, got up and walked out of the room, stepping very unsteadily.
Thus, we understand that “scum” is the remnants of the liquid that has settled on the bottom. Now we are transported to a less noble place - a tavern, where often gentlemen, visitors left alcoholic drinks unfinished. And of course, there were not too prosperous people who tracked down and looked for such “game”, and then when the client left the place of his haven, the inhabitants of the city bottom mercilessly dealt with the remnants of the feast. Thus, a scumbag is a word derived from metonymy. First there were scum who drank, and then the meaning passed on to those who directly perform the action.
Value and Suggestions
The language story can be very intricate, but interesting. With the explanatory dictionary, everything is much simpler and more understandable. Consider the meaning of the word "scum" and see for ourselves: "Pitiful, contemptuous person." Over time, the word lost its acutely social meaning and turned into a moral characterization. Simply put, poverty or wretchedness does not determine the scum. Now, rather, we are talking about actions. But about the scale of evil that the protagonist of the material is capable of, later, but for now, we illustrate the meaning with examples:
- Previously, scum were people who could only regret, but now they are such subjects who do not need sympathy.
- A bastard is a state of mind, and it does not depend on the presence or absence of capital.
- The bastard is the favorite word of V.V. Zhirinovsky, the one shown by humorists, and not the real one, the real V.V. Zhirinovsky's vocabulary can be richer.
There is only one thing left - to pick up replacements for the word.
Synonyms
So, about the scale of evil. Of course, as a rule, the villain is not distinguished from the bastard. But still, the villain is a more global phenomenon, and the bastard can only be a petty bully or a crook. True, for example, the characters of A Clockwork Orange can easily be called scum, and it is hardly possible to make a mistake here. Language combines subjective and objective features. Therefore, there are enough misunderstandings. We give the word to the dictionary of synonyms:
- residues;
- traces;
- a scoundrel;
- scoundrel;
- punks.
This is an incomplete list of curses. But it is characteristic that in full there is no word "villain." So, after all, real criminals have a different set of qualities.