Scoundrel
['skaʊndr(ə)l] or ['skaʊndrəl]
Definition
(n.) A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without honor or virtue.
(a.) Low; base; mean; unprincipled.
Checker: Ronnie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Knave, rogue, villain, rascal, scamp, cheat, trickster, swindler, sharper, scapegrace, caitiff, vile wretch, miscreant.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Villain, vagabond, knave, swindler, miscreant, reprobate
ANT:Man_of_honor, gentleman
Typist: Rodger
Definition
n. a low worthless fellow: a rascal: a man without principle.—ns. Scoun′dreldom scoundrels collectively; Scoun′drelism baseness rascality.—adv. Scoun′drelly.
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Examples
- Understand this, Mr Maurice—you are the scoundrel! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- That prying scoundrel, Hartright, may come back without my knowing it, and may make use of her to-morrow---- Not he, Percival! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Now, scoundrel,' he pursued, 'I am going to finish. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I am sorry because I believe there is contamination in such a scoundrel. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Ah, I see you are as great a scoundrel as ever! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Why did you ask that scoundrel, Rawdon Crawley, to dine? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It is a mistake in being too honest when dealing with a scoundrel. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He is the most intolerable scoundrel on the face of the earth. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- To punish a scoundrel, burst out the furious Greek, stamping his foot. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Such a scoundrel of a fellow! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- There's a cold-blooded scoundrel! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I was convinced that the scoundrel spoke of himself, and I saw my conviction reflected in Miss Dartle's face. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You know I am a scoundrel, Jane? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- This fellow is a great scoundrel, and ought to be incapacitated from perpetrating further mischief. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You scoundrel! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We have no boats—those scoundrels of Caliphronas' have destroyed them all. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- What with cannon, dynamite, and broken bottles to cut their bare feet, I fancy those scoundrels will get a warm reception. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I've no doubt, if we are forced to fill up the pass, those scoundrels will leave us. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- They are great scoundrels,' said Mr. Pickwick. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- You two are restless, meddling, impudent scoundrels, whose chief motive-principle is a selfish ambition, as dangerous as it is puerile. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I have been persecuted and annoyed by scoundrels of late, Sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- We are all scoundrels more or less, only some are cleverer at concealing it than other people, he said carelessly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- What do you want here, scoundrels? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Ah, if I only had the full strength of my Melnosians again, I would soon drive these scoundrels back to the ocean! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- We will hoist those scoundrels on their own petard. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Andros will do as he says, and bring Alcibiades here with his band of scoundrels. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I wasn't descended from a set of cut-throat scoundrels who lived by robbery and murder. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- These weaklings became self-excusing, self-indulging scoundrels. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One despises such low scoundrels, observed Malone, in a profound vein of reflection. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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