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Antonyms for transgressor
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : trans-gres, tranz- |
Phonetic Transcription : trænsˈgrɛs, trænz- |
Definition of transgressor
Origin :- early 15c., from Anglo-French transgressour, Old French transgressor, and directly from Latin transgressor, agent noun from transgredi (see transgression).
- As in offender : noun perpetrator
- As in malefactor : noun criminal
- As in sinner : noun wrongdoer
- As in trespasser : noun offender
- As in trespasser : noun encroacher
- As in wrongdoer : noun lawbreaker
- As in criminal : noun person who breaks the law
- As in culprit : noun person responsible for wrongdoing
- It was a good thing that from any cause the transgressor should find his ways hard.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Now and then the way of the transgressor is disgustingly pleasant.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- It looks, too, as if 'the way of the transgressor' were a darned hard way.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- "The way of the transgressor is hard," he whispered in a tone too low for Hodden to hear.
- Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
- "'The way of the transgressor is hard,'" murmured the minister to himself.
- Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
- He was beginning to realize that the way of the transgressor is hard.
- Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger
- It must be impartial, and be inflicted therefore on every transgressor.
- Extract from : « The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern » by Knowles King
- The way of the foolish is sometimes as hard as that of the transgressor.
- Extract from : « Forest Neighbors » by William Davenport Hulbert
- The way of the transgressor is likely to be strewnwith surprises.
- Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 » by Various
- Keeper (who, unobserved, has been watching the transgressor).
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 18, 1914 » by Various
Synonyms for transgressor
- adulterer
- bad actor
- bad egg
- black marketeer
- black sheep
- blackmailer
- con
- convict
- criminal
- crook
- culprit
- delinquent
- desperado
- deuce
- evildoer
- ex-con
- felon
- fugitive
- gangster
- guerilla
- guilty party
- guilty person
- heavy
- hellhound
- hood
- hoodlum
- hooligan
- hustler
- infringer
- inside person
- interloper
- intruder
- invader
- jailbird
- lawbreaker
- malefactor
- miscreant
- misdoer
- mobster
- mug
- murderer
- muscle
- offender
- outcast
- outlaw
- perpetrator
- prisoner
- racketeer
- rapscallion
- rascal
- repeater
- reprobate
- rogue
- rounder
- rowdy
- ruffian
- scamp
- scofflaw
- scoundrel
- sinner
- slippery eel
- suspect
- thief
- thug
- transgressor
- trespasser
- varlet
- villain
- violator
- wretch
- wrongdoer
- yardbird
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