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scoundrel [ skoun -druh l ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈskaʊn drəl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun
an unprincipled, dishonorable person; villain.
adjective
mean or base in nature; villainous; unprincipled; dishonorable.
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Origin of scoundrel First recorded in 1580–90; origin uncertain
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How to use scoundrel in a sentence It’s no news to anyone, for example, that the commanders at the Alamo, William Barret Travis and James Bowie, were scoundrel s before the war with Mexico.
It may have seemed like a novelty act at the time, but in the 13 years since, he has been credibly breaking bones and shooting scoundrel s at about a movie-a-year pace.
As she nods off at night, Arya Stark mutters the names of every scoundrel she plans to kill someday.
A c--t is different than your run-of-the-mill jerk (or scoundrel , or creep, or whatever).
But all too often, as Samuel Johnson famously pointed out, “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel .”
Given a choice between the scoundrel and the scold, who might the people go for?
The Fox News scoundrel is at it again, this time going after the Girl Scouts for ties to a gay punk band.
The fact that no thorough scoundrel ever yet confined himself to one or two pieces of villainy.
The ruler of Asturia might be a scoundrel , but he certainly was a scoundrel who was sick unto death.
And she knew one thing that Vera Galloway could not possibly know—this man was a scoundrel .
"And that scoundrel Weirmarsh killed him because he feared exposure," he remarked in a low, hard voice.
Aunt Maria was rather surprised and shocked to see such an excellent man look so much like an infamous scoundrel .
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British Dictionary definitions for scoundrel
noun
a worthless or villainous person
Derived forms of scoundrel scoundrelly , adjective Word Origin for scoundrel C16: of unknown origin
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