scoundrel

scoun·drel

 (skoun′drəl)

n.

A villain; a rogue.

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[Origin unknown.]

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scoun′drel·ly adj.

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scoundrel

(ˈskaʊndrəl)

n

a worthless or villainous person

[C16: of unknown origin]

ˈscoundrelly adj

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scoun•drel

(ˈskaʊn drəl)

n.

1. an unprincipled, dishonorable person; villain.

adj.

2. mean or base in nature; villainous; dishonorable.

[1580–90; orig. uncertain]

scoun′drel•ly, adj.

syn: See knave.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

scoundrel - a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately villain unwelcome person, persona non grata - a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome blackguard, bounder, cad, hound, heel, dog - someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" gallows bird - a person who deserves to be hanged knave, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, varlet, scalawag, scallywag - a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel villainess - a woman villain

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scoundrel

noun (Old-fashioned) rogue, bastard (informal, offensive), villain, mother, heel (slang), cheat, shit (taboo slang), bugger (taboo slang), swine, rascal, son-of-a-bitch (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), asshole (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang), scally (Northwest English dialect), turd (taboo slang), wretch, incorrigible, motherfucker (taboo slang, chiefly U.S.), knave (archaic), rotter (slang, chiefly Brit.), ne'er-do-well, reprobate, scumbag (slang), good-for-nothing, miscreant, scamp, bad egg (old-fashioned informal), blackguard, cocksucker (taboo slang), scapegrace, asswipe (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang), caitiff (archaic), dastard (archaic), skelm (S. African), wrong 'un (informal) He is a lying scoundrel.

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Translations

وَغْد، نَذْل

gaunerničema

slyngel

GaunerHalunkeHundKanailleLump

canalla

canaillegredinscélératvaurien

òrjótur

mascalzonefurfante

nelietis

skurk

rezil kimse

无赖流氓

scoundrel

[ˈskaʊndrəl] N → sinvergüenza mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

scoundrel

[ˈskaʊndrəl] n → vaurien m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

scoundrel

n (dated) → Schurke m; → Bengel m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

scoundrel

[ˈskaʊndr/əl] n (old) → canaglia, furfante m/f (hum) (child) → furfantello/a, birba

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

scoundrel

(ˈskaundrəl) noun

a very wicked person. She knew he was a scoundrel even before she married him. niksnuts وَغْد، نَذْل мошеник patife ničema der Schurke slyngel παλιάνθρωποςsinvergüenza lurjus رذل lurjus vaurienנבל बदमाश, दुर्जन hulja, podlac gazember bajingan þrjótur mascalzone 悪人 건달 niekšas nelietis orang jahat schurkkjeltring, skurkłotr لوچك، لنډه غر، رذيل patife nemernic подлец ničomník malopridnež nitkov skurk, usling คนสารเลว; คนอันธพาล rezil kimse 流氓，無賴 негідник, падлюка لفنگا tên côn đồ 流氓，无赖

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