Meaning of MISCREANT
| Pronunciation: | | 'miskreeunt
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| | Definition: | | [n] a person without moral scruples |
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| | Synonyms: | | reprobate |
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| | See Also: | | black sheep, degenerate, deviant, deviate, offender, pervert, scapegrace, wretch, wrongdoer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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