Scoundrel \Scoun"drel\, a.
Low; base; mean; unprincipled.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Scoundrel \Scoun"drel\, n. [Probably from Prov. E. & Scotch
scunner, scouner, to loathe, to disgust, akin to AS. scunian
to shun. See Shun.]
A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without
honor or virtue.
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Go, if your ancient, but ignoble blood
Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood.
--Pope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
scoundrel
n : a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
[syn: villain]
WordNet (r) 2.0
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "scoundrel":
bastard, blackguard, bounder, cad, criminal, cur, deceiver, devil,
good-for-nothing, heel, knave, louse, lowlife, miscreant,
precious rascal, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rotter, scalawag,
scamp, scapegrace, shyster, sneak, spalpeen, traitor, villain,
wretch
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
SCOUNDREL. An opprobrious title given to a person of bad character. General
damages will not lie for calling a man a scoundrel, but special damages may
be recovered when there has been an actual loss. 2 Bouv: Inst. n. 2250; 1
Chit. Pr. 44.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
villain
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