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Miscreant

Miscreant Definition And Meaning
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"creant\, 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"creant\, a. 1. Holding a false religious faith. 2. Destitute of conscience; unscrupulous. --Pope.

Miscreant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Miscreant?

[n] a person without moral scruples

Synonyms | Synonyms for Miscreant: reprobate

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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