About The Word Miscreant
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Miscreant
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What's The Definition Of Miscreant?
[n] a person without moral scruples
Synonyms | Synonyms for Miscreant: reprobate Related Terms | Find terms related to Miscreant: backslider | bad egg | bad lot | base | bastard | black sheep | blackguard | caitiff | corrupt | criminal | crook | degenerate | depraved | evil | fallen angel | felon | felonious | flagitious | good-for-nothing | heel | hood | hoodlum | hooligan | infamous | iniquitous | knave | lecher | lost sheep | lost soul | lowlife | malefactor | malefic | malevolent | mischief-maker | mischievous | mug | nefarious | perverse | pervert | pimp | profligate | rapscallion | rascal | rascally | recidivist | recreant | reprobate | rogue | rough | roughneck | rowdy | ruffian | scalawag | scamp | scapegrace | scoundrel | scoundrelly | sorry lot | thug | trollop | unhealthy | unprincipled | vicious | villain | villainous | whore | wicked | wretch | wretched | wrongdoer See Also | black sheep | degenerate | deviant | deviate | offender | pervert | scapegrace | wretch | wrongdoer Miscreant In Webster's Dictionary \Mis"cre*ant\, n. [OF. mescreant, F. m['e]cr['e]ant;
pref. mes- (L. minus less) + p. pr. fr. L. credere to
believe. See {Creed}.]
1. One who holds a false religious faith; a misbeliever.
[Obs.] --Spenser. De Quincey.
Thou oughtest not to be slothful to the destruction
of the miscreants, but to constrain them to obey our
Lord God. --Rivers.
2. One not restrained by Christian principles; an
unscrupulous villain; a while wretch. --Addison.
\Mis"cre*ant\, a. 1. Holding a false religious faith. 2. Destitute of conscience; unscrupulous. --Pope. |
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