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scoundrel

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scoun·drel  (skoundrl)
n.
A villain; a rogue.

[Origin unknown.]

scoundrel·ly adj.

scoundrel [ˈskaʊndrəl]
n
a worthless or villainous person
[of unknown origin]
scoundrelly  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.scoundrelscoundrel - a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
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

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.
Translations
scoundrel [ˈskaʊndrəl] Nsinvergüenza mf

scoundrel [ˈskaʊndrəl] nvaurien m

scoundrel
n (dated)Schurke m; → Bengel m

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

scoundrel
n scoundrel [ˈskaundrəl]
a very wicked person She knew he was a scoundrel even before she married him. niksnuts وَغْد، نَذْل мошеник ničema slyngel der Schurke παλιάνθρωπος sinvergüenza lurjus رذل lurjus vaurien נָבָל बदमाश, दुर्जन hulja, podlac gazember bajingan þrjótur mascalzone 悪人 건달 niekšas nelietis orang jahat schurk kjeltring, skurk łotr patife nemernic подлец ničomník malopridnež nitkov skurk, usling คนสารเลว; คนอันธพาล rezil kimse 流氓,無賴 негідник, падлюка لفنگا tên côn đồ 氓,


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Thus it would follow, as the result of acute consciousness, that one is not to blame in being a scoundrel; as though that were any consolation to the scoundrel once he has come to realise that he actually is a scoundrel.
We made a play at holding a court, and Telepasse, the old scoundrel, accepted the findings.
Listen, you scoundrel, and look at that Dutch bottle.
 
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