miscreant

miscreant
adj
1. depraved, debased, corrupt, degenerate; villainous, criminal, unprincipled, unscrupulous, scoundrelly, knavish, roguish, rascally; base, evil, wicked, nefarious, iniquitous; vile, foul, reprehensible.
2. misbelieving, idolatrous, pagan, heathen, unbelieving; unorthodox, unsound, heretical, schismatic; infidel, faithless.
n
3. villain, blackguard, reprobate, knave, wretch, Archaic. caitiff; scapegrace, scoundrel, rogue, rascal, Archaic. varlet, scamp, Inf. scalawag, rapscallion; ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, vagabond, tramp.
4. monster, demon, devil, hellhound, fiend; imp, rascal, mischief-maker.
5. profligate, reprobate, degenerate; rake, roue, libertine, debauchee.
6. traitor, conspirator, Inf. snake in the grass, Inf. back-stabber, squealer, Sl. fink.
7. gangster, mobster, racketeer, mafioso, desperado, terrorist; thug, U.S. tough, Inf. toughie, mugger; ruffian, rowdy, hoodlum, Sl. hood, hooligan, Chiefly Brit. rough, Inf. roughneck, Inf. baddy, Sl. bad actor, Sl. gunsel, Sl. mug, Australian Sl. larrikin.
8. criminal, felon, larcener, larcenist, misdemeanant, lawbreaker; convict, Sl. jailbird, parolee, ex-convict, Inf. ex-con; recidivist, repeat offender, Inf. chronic crook; transgressor, trespasser, offender, culprit; wrongdoer, evildoer, malefactor, sinner; malfeasant, misfeasor; Inf. scofflaw.
9. heretic, schismatic, dissident, sectarian; apostate, recreant, renegade, deserter; unbeliever, atheist, agnostic; heathen, pagan, infidel.

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