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单词 miscreant
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miscreant

1 of 2

adjective

mis·​cre·​ant ˈmis-krē-ənt How to pronounce miscreant (audio)
1
: unbelieving, heretical
miscreant pagans
2
: depraved, villainous
miscreant behavior
miscreant gangs

miscreant

2 of 2

noun

1
: infidel, heretic
2
: one who behaves criminally or viciously

Synonyms

Noun

  • baddie
  • baddy
  • beast
  • brute
  • caitiff
  • devil
  • evildoer
  • fiend
  • heavy
  • hound
  • knave
  • meanie
  • meany
  • monster
  • nazi
  • no-good
  • rapscallion
  • rascal
  • reprobate
  • rogue
  • savage
  • scalawag
  • scallywag
  • scamp
  • scapegrace
  • scoundrel
  • varlet
  • villain
  • wretch
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Example Sentences

Noun He supports tough penalties against corporate miscreants. halt, vile miscreant, and face justice!
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
In contrast, the editorial points to Detroit police as being appropriately aggressive in stopping miscreant drivers. Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2022 SkySafe, a San Diego startup that makes technology to protect airspace around airports, stadiums and critical infrastructure from miscreant drones, has raised $30 million in a second round of venture capital funding. Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2021 In fact, Whitman’s imaginary westerner, a patriot who repudiated party politics and miscreant politicians, differed sharply from the actual Lincoln, who was a politician to his marrow. Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books, 29 Apr. 2021 In fact, Whitman’s imaginary westerner, a patriot who repudiated party politics and miscreant politicians, differed sharply from the actual Lincoln, who was a politician to his marrow. Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books, 29 Apr. 2021 In fact, Whitman’s imaginary westerner, a patriot who repudiated party politics and miscreant politicians, differed sharply from the actual Lincoln, who was a politician to his marrow. Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books, 29 Apr. 2021 In fact, Whitman’s imaginary westerner, a patriot who repudiated party politics and miscreant politicians, differed sharply from the actual Lincoln, who was a politician to his marrow. Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books, 29 Apr. 2021 In fact, Whitman’s imaginary westerner, a patriot who repudiated party politics and miscreant politicians, differed sharply from the actual Lincoln, who was a politician to his marrow. Sean Wilentz, The New York Review of Books, 29 Apr. 2021 Fred is dead, his headless body hanging on the wall where miscreant handmaids were hung. Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 June 2021
Noun
Each nation and a host of European companies should also be serving as a role model for the world's second-biggest environmental miscreant -- the United States. David A. Andelman, CNN, 31 July 2022 In addition, the group is now vigorously impassioned about whatever the miscreant has given as a bone to chew on. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 July 2022 One miscreant falls, another rises, and the song remains the same. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2022 The driver doesn’t like the driving antics of this upcoming miscreant. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 May 2021 Three months in, his captors threw into his cell a Long Island miscreant named Matthew Schrier, who had done time in the United States and come to Syria as a photojournalist. Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2021 Attempting to quell conspiracy theories, his chief of police proclaimed that the government had not poisoned the drinking water—but that miscreants may have done so. Maurice Samuels, Time, 15 May 2020 Mr Duterte’s hard line on drug dealers and other miscreants was at the core of his election campaign. The Economist, 20 Feb. 2020 The plot turns on whether Mickey will prevail against an assortment of competitors and miscreants who want to relieve him of his profits. Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective and Noun

Middle English miscreaunt, from Anglo-French mescreant, present participle of mescreire to disbelieve, from mes- + creire to believe, from Latin credere — more at creed

First Known Use

Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

miscreant

noun

mis·​cre·​ant ˈmis-krē-ənt How to pronounce miscreant (audio)
: villain sense 1, rascal

miscreant 1 of 2

noun

1
as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person halt, vile miscreant, and face justice!

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • villain
  • brute
  • criminal
  • offender
  • monster
  • devil
  • savage
  • rascal
  • wretch
  • reprobate
  • rogue
  • nazi
  • beast
  • scoundrel
  • scapegrace
  • caitiff
  • knave
  • scalawag
  • scamp
  • bandit
  • rapscallion
  • thug
  • assassin
  • evildoer
  • varlet
  • heavy
  • fiend
  • scallywag
  • crook
  • baddie
  • hound
  • no-good
  • gangster
  • baddy
  • perpetrator
  • loser
  • meanie
  • felon
  • meany
  • trespasser
  • perp
  • blackguard
  • culprit
  • snake
  • transgressor
  • malefactor
  • desperado
  • wrongdoer
  • ruffian
  • lawbreaker
  • sinner
  • outlaw
  • hoodlum
  • hooligan
  • lowlife
  • cad
  • goon
  • convict
  • villainess
  • viper
  • rowdy
  • serpent
  • jailbird
  • racketeer
  • con
  • tough
  • rough
  • heel
  • cutthroat
  • bravo
  • stinker
  • gunman
  • trash
  • ne'er-do-well

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • innocent
  • hero
  • angel
  • saint
2
as in criminal
a person who has committed a crime a youthful offender surrounded in prison by hard-bitten miscreants who had committed just about every crime imaginable

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • criminal
  • offender
  • culprit
  • lawbreaker
  • defendant
  • accomplice
  • desperado
  • perpetrator
  • malefactor
  • perp
  • crook
  • misdemeanant
  • suspect
  • thug
  • trespasser
  • principal
  • outlaw
  • hoodlum
  • villain
  • hooligan
  • wrongdoer
  • transgressor
  • convict
  • jailbird
  • sinner
  • recidivist
  • gangster
  • racketeer
  • accused
  • mobster
  • fish
  • triggerman
  • gunsel
  • backslider
  • evildoer
  • detainee
  • arrestee
  • gun
  • gallows bird
  • blackhander
  • misfeasor
  • misdoer
  • enforcer
  • button man
  • relapser
  • gunman
  • hit man
  • repeater

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • lawman
  • gangbuster

miscreant

2 of 2

adjective

1
as in evil

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • evil
  • wicked
  • despicable
  • iniquitous
  • detestable
  • wrong
  • immoral
  • contemptible
  • vile
  • ignoble
  • sordid
  • dishonorable
  • ignominious
  • currish
  • low-minded
  • vicious
  • wretched
  • execrable
  • snide
  • depraved
  • foul
  • bad
  • dirty
  • corrupt
  • cruel
  • degenerate
  • debauched
  • reprehensible
  • nasty
  • perverted
  • unscrupulous
  • base
  • censurable
  • dissolute
  • villainous
  • debased
  • blamable
  • low-down
  • paltry
  • blameworthy
  • mean
  • unprincipled
  • atrocious
  • disreputable
  • unethical
  • low
  • discreditable
  • disgraceful
  • shameful
  • unworthy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • noble
  • virtuous
  • honorable
  • righteous
  • high
  • ethical
  • venerable
  • upright
  • lofty
  • moral
  • straight
  • good
  • excellent
  • scrupulous
  • just
  • honest
  • right
  • exemplary
  • right-minded
  • respectable
  • high-minded
  • proper
  • seemly
  • blameless
  • commendable
  • decent
  • guiltless
  • reputable
  • principled
  • incorruptible
  • irreproachable
  • uncorrupted
  • unerring
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2
as in heretic

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • heretic
  • godless
  • heretical
  • irreligious
  • atheistical
  • secular
  • blasphemous
  • atheistic
  • unholy
  • agnostic
  • ungodly
  • nonreligious
  • impious
  • irreverent
  • sacrilegious
  • religionless
  • profane
  • unconsecrated
  • pagan
  • heathen
  • unhallowed
  • paganish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • pious
  • religious
  • reverent
  • devout
  • holy
  • godly
  • sainted
  • saintly
  • worshipful
  • worshipping
  • worshiping
  • prayerful
  • God-fearing
  • sacred
  • sanctified
  • sacrosanct
  • consecrated
  • hallowed
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