miscreant
Lacking in conscience or moral principlesLacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.
» Edmundo wants to fight the miscreants.
Meaning
2 sensesLacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.
gewissenloser Mensch, Übeltäter, Schurke
развращённыйrazvraščónnyj
Holding an incorrect religious belief.
Ungläubiger, Ketzer
еретическийjeretičeskij
Examples
5 sentencesEdmundo wants to fight the miscreants.
I refuse to keep dealing with miscreants such as yourself.
Edmundo said he wouldn’t stop until the miscreants are killed.
The government will not fold its arms and allow miscreants and criminals to continue to perpetrate these acts of hooliganism.
All to the strange encounter, sword in hand, / rush forth, these miscreants of the deep to slay.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English myscreaunt, miscreaunt, from Old French mescreant (1080) "mis-believerFrom Middle English myscreaunt, miscreaunt, from Old French mescreant (1080) "mis-believer", present participle of mescreire "to misbelieve" (modern mécroire). Cognate with French mécréant.
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Forms
more miscreant, most miscreant| Comparative | more miscreant Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most miscreant Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form