Antonyms for miscreant

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : mis-kree-uh nt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪs kri ənt

Definition of miscreant

Origin : c.1300, "non-Christian, pagan, infidel;" early 15c., "heretical, unbelieving," from Old French mescreant "disbelieving" (Modern French mécréant), from mes- "wrongly" (see mis- (2)) + creant, present participle of creire "believe," from Latin credere (see credit). Meaning "villainous" is from 1590s.

adj evil, immoral
noun person who is very bad, immoral

Example sentences :

The same house can't contain that miscreant and me any longer.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

The heart of the miscreant swelled with indignation and disappointment.
Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso

Unless I were a miscreant, I could not but be grateful for such kindness.
Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon

You are thinking, 'Here is the miscreant, the scoundrel, who destroyed our battleship!'
Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson

What miscreant hero had dared perform this sacrilegious exploit?
Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed

But a miscreant in Shakespeares time had nothing of the meaning which now it has.
Extract from : « English Past and Present » by Richard Chevenix Trench

To appeal for mercy would delight the miscreant and not aid the prisoner.
Extract from : « Two Boys in Wyoming » by Edward S. Ellis

But it was necessary that the miscreant should give some instructions to his prisoner.
Extract from : « Two Boys in Wyoming » by Edward S. Ellis

Ay, miscreant caitiff, you would have made me a subject for science, would you?
Extract from : « Crotchet Castle » by Thomas Love Peacock

Tell me, Venetians, ought I to keep my word with this miscreant?
Extract from : « The Bravo of Venice » by Heinrich Zschokke

Synonyms for miscreant

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