miscreant
depraved, villainous, or base.
Archaic. holding a false or unorthodox religious belief; heretical.
a vicious or depraved person; villain.
Archaic. a heretic or infidel.
Origin of miscreant
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How to use miscreant in a sentence
Can anything be done to stop miscreants from using Twitter, Facebook, and other sites for vile purposes?
Investigators Track Adam Lanza’s Facebook Impersonators | Lauren Ashburn | December 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe and his senior management go around the school constantly with a loud megaphone and pull any miscreants out of lessons.
Still, if the spiritual warnings didn't grab the attention of miscreants, the heavy fines just might.
As we obsess over his “sins”—and those of the other sexual miscreants of 2009—perhaps we partake of them.
When he perceived injustice, he became a literary Javert, relentlessly hunting down the miscreants with his pen.
His face was full of wrath as he gazed within, and he quivered with fury as he ordered the two miscreants out of the place.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington KellandWe must admit it among ourselves, Jeronimo, those miscreants showed themselves quite tolerant!
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueJaffar drew his sabre and fell upon the miscreants: one he killed, the other he drove away.
Dream Tales and Prose Poems | Ivan TurgenevHe intended to employ all the time and the utmost ability he possessed in defeating the atrocious plot of the miscreants.
Two Boys in Wyoming | Edward S. EllisI declare miscreants and slanderers any who shall think or say the contrary.
Child Life In Town And Country | Anatole France
British Dictionary definitions for miscreant
/ (ˈmɪskrɪənt) /
a wrongdoer or villain
archaic an unbeliever or heretic
evil or villainous
archaic unbelieving or heretical
Origin of miscreant
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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