Meaning

2 senses
  1. Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.

    gewissenloser Mensch, Übeltäter, Schurke

    развращённыйrazvraščónnyj

  2. Holding an incorrect religious belief.

    Ungläubiger, Ketzer

    еретическийjeretičeskij

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Edmundo wants to fight the miscreants.

  2. I refuse to keep dealing with miscreants such as yourself.

  3. Edmundo said he wouldn’t stop until the miscreants are killed.

  4. The government will not fold its arms and allow miscreants and criminals to continue to perpetrate these acts of hooliganism.

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  5. All to the strange encounter, sword in hand, / rush forth, these miscreants of the deep to slay.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous:
holding an incorrect religious belief:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous:
holding an incorrect religious belief:

Origin

From Middle English myscreaunt, miscreaunt, from Old French mescreant (1080) "mis-believer

From 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
Comparativemore miscreant Lesson
Superlativemost miscreant Lesson

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
miscreant — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto