miscreant
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mis·cre·ant
(mĭs'krē-ənt) 
n.
n.
- An evildoer; a villain.
- An infidel; a heretic.
[Middle English miscreaunt, heretic, from Old French mescreant, present participle of mescroire, to disbelieve : mes-, wrongly, not; see mis-1 + croire, to believe (from Latin crēdere).]
miscreant mis'cre·ant adj.Roget's Thesaurus:
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miscreant
adjective
- Utterly reprehensible in nature or behavior: corrupt, degenerate, depraved, flagitious, perverse, rotten, unhealthy, villainous. See clean/dirty, good/bad.
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miscreant
adj
Definition: evil, immoral
Antonyms: good, moral, nice
n
Definition: person who is very bad, immoral
Antonyms: goody-goody
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miscreant
A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce
n.
A person of the highest degree of unworth. Etymologically, the word means unbeliever, and its present signification may be regarded as theology's noblest contribution to the development of our language.
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miscreant
IN BRIEF: A villain.
The miscreant was hauled before the judge to be sentenced for the crime.
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categories related to 'miscreant'
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Miscreant
Dansk (Danish)
n. - skurk, kætter, vantro (rel.)
adj. - skurkagtig, kættersk, vantro
Nederlands (Dutch)
onverlaat, gemenerik, laag, ongelovig, gemeen
Français (French)
n. - scélérat (littér)
adj. - scélérat
Deutsch (German)
n. - Schurke, Bösewicht
adj. - gewissenlos, gemein
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αχρείος, κακοποιός
Português (Portuguese)
n. - canalha (m), depravado (m)
Русский (Russian)
развращенный, негодяй
Español (Spanish)
n. - bellaco, sinvergüenza, villano
adj. - rufianesco, ruin, vil
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skurk, otrogen
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
罪大恶极的人, 异端, 恶棍, 堕落的, 异端的, 卑劣的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 罪大惡極的人, 異端, 惡棍
adj. - 墮落的, 異端的, 卑劣的
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 악당
adj. - 악당의
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 邪悪な
n. - 悪党, 極悪人
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) كافر, وغد, لئيم
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - נבל, נוכל, רשע
adj. - נבזה, בן-בליעל
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