felonious

[fuh-loh-nee-uhs]

adjective

1. Law.,  pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a felony.

   felonious homicide; felonious intent.

2. wicked; base; villainous.

felonious

/ fɪˈləʊnɪəs /

adjective

1. criminal law of, involving, or constituting a felony

2. obsolete,  wicked; base

Other Word Forms

• feloniously adverb
• feloniousness noun
• nonfelonious adjective
• nonfeloniously adverb
• nonfeloniousness noun
• unfelonious adjective
• unfeloniously adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of felonious¹

1375–1425; felony + -ous; replacing late Middle English felonous < Anglo-French, Old French

Example Sentences

Then again, how can there be with such a mendacious, felonious, libertine as their standard bearer?

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Ultimately, what our felonious, ever-grifting president wants to do is to destroy all expertise in this country.

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It may not have been felonious enough to demand civil punishment, but it certainly required banishment from the game and from any of its rewards.

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If a felonious politician tells you that he will be a dictator, then he will behave like one if you elect him.

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Further, let’s imagine that party is so morally bankrupt as to place at its titular head a human being convicted of felonious crimes that include cheating, lying and worse.

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