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| Main Entry: | miscreant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | evil, immoral |
| Synonyms: | corrupt, criminal, degenerate, depraved, flagitious, infamous, iniquitous, nefarious, perverse, reprehensible, reprobate, unhealthy, unprincipled, vicious, villainous, wicked, rascally |
| Antonyms: | good, moral, nice |
| Main Entry: | miscreant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is very bad, immoral |
| Synonyms: | black sheep*, blackguard, bootlegger, bully, cad, caitiff, convict, criminal, culprit, delinquent, drunkard, evildoer, felon, fink*, heel*, hoodlum, loafer, louse*, malefactor, outcast, outlaw, pickpocket, racketeer, rapscallion, rascal, rat*, reprobate, rowdy, ruffian, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, scum*, sinner, sneak, vagabond, villain, wretch, wrongdoer, jailbird, lowlife |
| Antonyms: | goody-goody |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | culprit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person responsible for wrongdoing |
| Synonyms: | con, convict, criminal, delinquent, evildoer, felon, fugitive, malefactor, miscreant, offender, rascal, sinner, wrongdoer, ex-con, guilty party, jailbird, transgressor, yardbird |
| Main Entry: | degenerate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, deteriorated |
| Synonyms: | base, debased, debauched, decadent, decayed, degraded, depraved, dissolute, effete, failing, fallen, immoral, infamous, low, mean, miscreant, nefarious, perverted, retrograde, rotten, sinking, unhealthy, vicious, villainous, wicked, worsen, degenerated, demeaned, flatitious, overripe, retrogressive, vitiated |
| Notes: | to degenerate means 'to decline in value, move lower on a scale' but to deteriorate means 'to worsen, to become lowered, or be reduced in value'; degenerate pertains more to character and virtue while deteriorate is more about loss of strength or vitality |
| Antonyms: | moral, upright, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | delinquent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal, often young |
| Synonyms: | behind, black sheep*, blackguard, culprit, deadbeat*, debtor, derelict, desperado, fallen angel, felon, hoodlum*, juvenile delinquent, lawbreaker, loafer, malefactor, miscreant, offender, outlaw, punk*, recreant, reprobate, sinner, wrongdoer, JD, dawdler, deadhead, defaulter, evader, jailbird, juvie, lounger, neglecter, no show, young offender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | depraved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, immoral |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, bad, base, debased, debauched, degenerate, degraded, dirty*, dissolute, evil, fast*, filthy*, kinky*, lascivious, lewd, licentious, low, mean, miscreant, nefarious, perverted, profligate, putrid, rotten, shameless, sinful, twisted, unhealthy, unnatural, vicious, vile, villainous, vitiate, wanton, wicked, dirty-minded, flagitous, gone to the dogs, vitiated, warped |
| Antonyms: | good, honorable, just, moral, noble, pure, upright, virtuous, uncorrupt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dishonorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shameful, corrupt |
| Synonyms: | base, contemptible, crooked, deceitful, despicable, devious, disgraceful, disreputable, fraudulent, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, low, miscreant, offensive, putrid, scandalous, shabby, shady, treacherous, unprincipled, unscrupulous, untrustworthy, blackguardly, discreditable, opprobious, unrespectable |
| Antonyms: | blameless, ethical, honorable, respectable, trustworthy, worthy, principled, uncorrupt |
| Main Entry: | errant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wrong; deviant |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, deviating, devious, erratic, erring, fallible, heretic, meandering, mischievous, miscreant, naughty, rambling, ranging, roaming, roving, sinning, stray, straying, unorthodox, unreliable, wandering, wayward, drifting, errable, misbehaving, off straight and narrow, offending, shifting |
| Antonyms: | correct, righteous |
| Main Entry: | heretical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unorthodox |
| Synonyms: | agnostic, apostate, atheistic, disagreeing, dissident, heterodox, iconoclastic, idolatrous, impious, infidel, miscreant, nonconformist, sectarian, skeptical, unbelieving, differing, dissenting, dissentive, freethinking, misbelieving, revisionist, schismatic |
| Antonyms: | orthodox |
| Main Entry: | infamous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shameful, bad in reputation |
| Synonyms: | abominable, atrocious, base, caitiff, contemptible, corrupt, degenerate, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, egregious, evil, flagitious, foul, hateful, heinous, ignominious, iniquitous, loathsome, miscreant, monstrous, nefarious, notorious, odious, offensive, opprobrious, outrageous, perverse, questionable, rotten, scandalous, shady, shocking, sorry, unhealthy, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, ill-famed, scurvy |
| Antonyms: | dignified, glorious, good, innocent, moral, perfect, pure, respectable, righteous, virtuous, principled |
| Main Entry: | nefarious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad, sinful |
| Synonyms: | abominable, atrocious, base, corrupt, criminal, degenerate, depraved, detestable, dreadful, evil, execrable, flagitious, flagrant, foul, glaring, gross, heinous, horrible, infamous, infernal, iniquitous, miscreant, monstrous, odious, opprobrious, outrageous, perverse, putrid, rank, rotten, shameful, treacherous, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked |
| Antonyms: | good, honorable, respectable, virtuous, worthy |
| Main Entry: | perverse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mean, ornery; troublesome |
| Synonyms: | abnormal, bad-tempered, cantankerous, capricious, contradictory, contrary, contumacious, corrupt, crabby*, cross, degenerate, delinquent, depraved, deviant, disobedient, dogged*, erring, fractious, hard-nosed, headstrong, intractable, intransigent, irritable, miscreant, mulish*, nefarious, obdurate, obstinate, petulant, pigheaded*, rebellious, refractory, rotten*, spiteful, stubborn, unhealthy, unmanageable, unreasonable, unyielding, villainous, wayward, wicked, willful, self-willed |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, compliant, happy, nice, reasonable, willing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rascal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is unprincipled, does not work hard |
| Synonyms: | beggar, black sheep*, blackguard, bully, bum, cad, charlatan, cheat, delinquent, devil, disgrace, felon, fraud, good-for-nothing*, hooligan*, hypocrite, idler, imp, liar, loafer, mischief-maker, miscreant, opportunist, pretender, prodigal, profligate, recreant, reprobate, robber, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scoundrel, sinner, skunk*, sneak*, swindler, tough*, tramp, trickster, villain, wastrel, wretch, cardsharp, grafter, varmint |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rogue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who deceives, swindles |
| Synonyms: | bad egg*, bad news*, black sheep*, blackguard*, charlatan, cheat, cheater, con artist, criminal, crook, defrauder, devil, fraud, heel*, hooligan*, lowlife, mischief, miscreant, monstrosity, ne'er-do-well, outlaw, problem*, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, swindler, trickster, villain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scoundrel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is deceptive and |
| Synonyms: | bad news*, black sheep*, blackguard*, caitiff, cheat, creep, crook, dastard, good-for-nothing*, heel, imp, incorrigible, lowlife, maggot*, mischiefmaker, miscreant, ne'er-do-well, rascal, reprobate, scalawag, scamp, thief, uncaring of others bad egg, vagabond, villain, wretch |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | traitor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is disloyal |
| Synonyms: | Benedict Arnold*, Judas*, apostate, betrayer, conspirator, deceiver, deserter, fink*, hypocrite, impostor, informer, miscreant, quisling, rebel, renegade, snake*, sneak*, snitch*, spy, squealer*, stool pigeon*, tattletale, turncoat, wolf*, back-stabber, backslider, defector, double-crosser, intriguer, snitcher, traducer, treasonist, two-timer, whistle-blower |
| Antonyms: | loyalist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | villain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evil person |
| Synonyms: | blackguard*, brute, caitiff, creep*, criminal, devil, enfant terrible*, evildoer, heel, libertine, malefactor, mischief-maker*, miscreant, offender, profligate, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, scoundrel, sinner, wretch, antihero, lowlife |
| Antonyms: | hero, heroine |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blackguard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scoundrel |
| Synonyms: | bad egg*, bum, cad, knave, miscreant, riffraff*, rogue, skunk*, snake*, villain, lowlife |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bad egg |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad person |
| Synonyms: | black sheep, evildoer, miscreant, reprobate, wrongdoer, corrupt person, sorry lot, untrustworthy person, worthless person, wrong number, wrongo |
| Main Entry: | knave |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rascal |
| Synonyms: | bastard, blackguard, fraud, heel, miscreant, rapscallion, reprobate, rogue, scamp, scoundrel, swindler, villain, lowlife, scallywag |
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