Scoundrel

Scoun′drel

,

Noun.

[Probably from Prov. E. & Scotch

scunner

,

scouner

, to loathe, to disgust, akin to AS.

scunian

to shun. See

Shun

.]

A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without honor or virtue.

Go, if your ancient, but ignoble blood
Has crept through

scoundrels

ever since the flood.

Pope.

Scoun′drel

,

Adj.

Low; base; mean; unprincipled.

Scoundrel

SCOUN'DREL

,

Noun.

[L. abscondo. ]

A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a low petty villain; a man without honor or virtue.

Go, if your ancient but ignoble blood has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood.

SCOUN'DREL

,

Adj.

Low; base; mean; unprincipled.

scoundrel

English

Noun

scoundrel ‎(plural scoundrels)

A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honour or virtue.
- Alexander Pope
  Go, if your ancient, but ignoble blood / Has crept through scoundrels ever since the flood.

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:villain

Derived terms

scoundrelly

Translations

villain

Arabic: وَغْد m ‎(waḡd), نَذْل m ‎(naḏl), أَزْعَر m ‎(ʾazʿar), شِرِّير (ar) m ‎(širrīr), مِلْط m ‎(milṭ), وَضِيع m ‎(waḍīʿ), شَقِيّ m ‎(šaqiyy)
Bulgarian: негодник (bg) m ‎(negódnik), мерзавец (bg) m ‎(merzávec)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 惡棍 (zh), 恶棍 (zh) ‎(ègùn), 坏家伙 ‎(huàijiāhuo), 混混兒 (zh), 混混儿 (zh) ‎(hùnhùnr) (Northern Mandarin), 壞蛋 (zh), 坏蛋 (zh) ‎(huàidàn), 無籟, 无籁 ‎(wúlài), 渾蛋 (zh), 浑蛋 (zh) ‎(húndàn), 流氓 (zh) ‎(liúmáng), 壞人 (zh), 坏人 (zh) ‎(huàirén), 混球 (zh) ‎(húnqiú)
Czech: gauner m
Dutch: schurk (nl) m, f, schavuit (nl) m, f
Esperanto: kanajlo (eo)
Finnish: roisto (fi), lurjus (fi), konna (fi), ketku (fi), kanalja (fi), hunsvotti (fi)
French: scélérat (fr) m, gredin (fr) m, canaille (fr) f
German: Schurke (de) m, Gauner (de) m
Greek: παλιάνθρωπος (el) m ‎(paliánthropos)
Hebrew: בֶּן בְּלִיַּעַל m ‎(ben bliyá'al)
Hindi: बदमाश (hi) ‎(badmāś)
Hungarian: gazember (hu)

Indonesian: bajingan (id), bangsat (id)
Irish: bithiúnach m, alfraits f
Italian: canaglia f, farabutto (it) m, furfante (it) m, mascalzone (it) m, briccone (it) m, disonesto (it), manigoldo (it) m
Japanese: 悪党 (ja) ‎(あくとう, akutō), 悪漢 ‎(あっかん, akkan), 悪人 (ja) ‎(あくにん, akunin)
Malayalam: വഞ്ചകൻ (ml) ‎(vañcakan)
Maori: taurekareka, tainanakia
Norman: blégèrde m (Jersey), peûle m (Jersey)
Persian: ارغه (fa) ‎(arğe)
Polish: łotr (pl) m, drań (pl) m, obwieś (pl) m, łajdak (pl) m
Portuguese: canalha (pt) m
Romanian: mișel (ro) m
Russian: негодя́й (ru) m ‎(negodjáj), мерза́вец (ru) m ‎(merzávec), подле́ц (ru) m ‎(podléc)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: хуља f, зли̏ковац m

Roman: hulja (sh) f, zlȉkovac (sh) m
Spanish: bribón (es) m, canalla (es) m, f, bellaco (es) m, villano (es) m
Tagalog: balawis
Turkish: köpek (tr)

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