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
- 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
- black sheep
- blackguard
- bootlegger
- bully
- cad
- caitiff
- convict
- corrupt
- criminal
- culprit
- degenerate
- delinquent
- depraved
- drunkard
- evildoer
- felon
- fink
- flagitious
- heel
- hoodlum
- infamous
- iniquitous
- jailbird
- loafer
- louse
- lowlife
- malefactor
- nefarious
- outcast
- outlaw
- perverse
- pickpocket
- racketeer
- rapscallion
- rascal
- rascally
- rat
- reprehensible
- reprobate
- rowdy
- ruffian
- scalawag
- scamp
- scoundrel
- scum
- sinner
- sneak
- unhealthy
- unprincipled
- vagabond
- vicious
- villain
- villainous
- wicked
- wretch
- wrongdoer
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