scoundrel
21scoundrel, you — An insult much used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, addressed to men who were considered to be contemptible. The word was in use by the end of the sixteenth century, describing a mean fellow at that time, but Shakespearean… …
22scoundrel — /skown dreuhl/, n. 1. an unprincipled, dishonorable person; villain. adj. 2. mean or base in nature; villainous; unprincipled; dishonorable. [1580 90; orig. uncert.] Syn. 1. scamp, rapscallion, miscreant. See knave. * * * …
23scoundrel — noun /ˈskaʊndɹəl/ one without honor; a villain …
24scoundrel — Synonyms and related words: bastard, blackguard, bounder, cad, criminal, cur, deceiver, devil, good for nothing, heel, knave, louse, lowlife, miscreant, precious rascal, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rotter, scalawag, scamp, scapegrace, shyster,… …
25scoundrel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. knave, villain, rascal, rogue, blackguard. See evildoer. Ant., angel, good person. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rogue, scamp, villain; see rascal . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. rascal, villain, rogue …
26scoundrel — scoun|drel [ˈskaundrəl] n old fashioned a bad or dishonest man, especially someone who cheats or deceives other people …
27scoundrel — scoun|drel [ skaundrəl ] noun count OLD FASHIONED a man who behaves in an unfair or dishonest way …
28scoundrel — scoun·drel || skaÊŠndrÉ™l n. rogue, rascal, villain adj. rascally, villainous, dishonorable …
29scoundrel — noun a dishonest or unscrupulous person; a rogue. Derivatives scoundrelism noun scoundrelly adjective Origin C16: of unknown origin …
30scoundrel — I. n. Knave, rogue, villain, rascal, scamp, cheat, trickster, swindler, sharper, caitiff, vile wretch, miscreant, reprobate. II. a. Base, mean, unprincipled, disgraceful, low …
