scoundrel

scoundrel
n
1. villain, miscreant, reprobate, incorrigible; rogue, knave, scapegrace, wastrel, Archaic. coistrel, ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, good-for-naught; wretch, churl, cur, cad, dog, dastard, blackguard, Archaic. bezonian; All Inf. rat, creep, fink, rat-fink, heel, stinker, Euph. son of a gun, Derog. SOB, Derog. bastard, Archaic. whoreson; All Sl. bum, Sl. louse, Chiefly Brit. rotter, Chiefly Brit. bounder, Brit. blighter, scab.
2. mountebank, charlatan, quack, Archaic. quacksalver, Archaic. empiric; imposter, impersonator, Sl. ringer; fraud, fake, Inf. faker, bad actor, carpetbagger, crimp, Inf. bunko artist; cheat, deceiver, swindler, confidence man, Inf. con man; snake in the grass, wolf in sheep's clothing.
adj
3. villainous, reprobate, recreant, base, vile; roguish, knavish, rascally, scoundrelly, Obs. blackguard; unscrupulous, unprincipled, treacherous, perfidious, untrustworthy, dishonest, deceitful, crooked, false, false-hearted, double-dealing, two-timing; shifty, slippery, Inf. shady.

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  • Scoundrel — Scoun drel, n. [Probably from Prov. E. & Scotch scunner, scouner, to loathe, to disgust, akin to AS. scunian to shun. See {Shun}.] A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without honor or virtue. [1913 Webster] Go, if your ancient,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Scoundrel — Scoun drel, a. Low; base; mean; unprincipled. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • scoundrel — index convict, hoodlum, malefactor, wrongdoer Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • scoundrel — 1580s, skowndrell, of unknown origin. One suggestion is Anglo Fr. escoundre (O.Fr. escondre) to hide, hide oneself, from V.L. *excondere, from L. condere to hide (see ABSCOND (Cf. abscond)), The main objection to this theory is that hundreds of… …   Etymology dictionary

  • scoundrel — *villain, blackguard, knave, rascal, rogue, scamp, rapscallion, miscreant Analogous words: *criminal, felon, malefactor, culprit …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • scoundrel — [n] person who is deceptive and uncaring of others bad egg*, bad news*, blackguard*, black sheep*, caitiff, cheat, creep, crook, dastard, good for nothing*, heel, imp, incorrigible, lowlife*, maggot*, mischief maker, miscreant, ne’er do well*,… …   New thesaurus

  • scoundrel — ► NOUN ▪ a dishonest or unscrupulous person. DERIVATIVES scoundrelism noun scoundrelly adjective. ORIGIN of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

  • scoundrel — [skoun′drəl] n. [prob. a disparaging dim. < Anglo Fr escoundre (for OFr escondre), to abscond < VL * scondere, aphetic for L abscondere, ABSCOND] a mean, immoral, or wicked person; rascal scoundrelly adj …   English World dictionary

  • scoundrel — [[t]ska͟ʊndrəl[/t]] scoundrels N COUNT (disapproval) If you refer to a man as a scoundrel, you mean that he behaves very badly towards other people, especially by cheating them or deceiving them. [OLD FASHIONED] He is a lying scoundrel! …   English dictionary

  • scoundrel — UK [ˈskaʊndrəl] / US noun [countable] Word forms scoundrel : singular scoundrel plural scoundrels old fashioned a man who behaves in an unfair or dishonest way …   English dictionary

  • scoundrel — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1589 a disreputable person ; rascal • scoundrel adjective • scoundrelly adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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