Cannibals, self-serving parasites, tapeworms in tiaras, swimming through the intestines of the state, sucking all the goodness out of it for their own repugnant gratification.
And his vote was thrown against a reversal, principally for the reason that Nekhludoff's determination to marry the girl on moral grounds was extremely repugnant to him.
In horror, the villains far more fascinating to us than the protagonist because the villain allows us to peer deep into some of the most repugnant yet tempting aspects of our nature.