scoundrel
Syllables: scoun·drel/ˈskaʊ̯ndɹəl/
scoundrel noun: a mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honor or virtue.
Noun
scoundrel (plural scoundrels)
- A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honor or virtue.
- Go! if your ancient but ignoble blood / Has crept thro' Scoundrels ever ſince the Flood.1734, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], epistle IV, London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC, page 14, lines 201–202
- Synonyms:
- antimodel, bad guy, baddie, bastard, beggar, blackguard, bounder, cad, cockatrice, coistril
scoundrel meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
scoundrel in Hindi
- villain
- बदमाश badmāś
scoundrel in Tamil
- இழிமகன், கயவன், போக்கிரி
scoundrel in Urdu
- scoundrel
- لفنگا lafaṅgā
scoundrel in Bengali
- বদমায়েশ, পাষণ্ড, ধূর্ত ব্যক্তি
More languagesFewer languages
- scoundrel in Malayalam
- തെമ്മാടി temmāṭi
- scoundrel in Kannada
- ದುಷ್ಟ, ಧೂರ್ತ, ಫಟಿಂಗ, ಖಳ
- scoundrel in Punjabi
- ਲੁੱਚ lucca, ਲੁੰਡ luṇḍ, ਬਦਮਾਸ਼ badmāś, ਰਿੰਦ rind
- scoundrel in Tagalog
- balawis
- scoundrel in Arabic
- وَغْد waḡd, نَذْل naḏl, شِرِّير širrīr, مِلْط milṭ
- scoundrel in Indonesian
- bajingan, bangsat
- scoundrel in Persian
- رذل razl
Examples of scoundrel in a sentence
- He's a liar, swindler, and hypocrite—a scoundrel of the first water.
- Dash his impudence! Who is that scoundrel?
- While on camera, Bruce behaves famously, but as soon as they stop rolling he turns into a scoundrel.
Synonyms of scoundrel
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Forms of scoundrel
| plural | scoundrels |
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Origin of scoundrel
From earlier scondrel, scondrell, skoundrell, skowndrell, of unknown origin. Possibly related to northern English or Scottish scunner, skuner, scouner, scunder (“to shrink back in fear, disgust, or loathing”) (Encyclopædia Britannica 1911).
Words formed from scoundrel
Questions about scoundrel
- What does scoundrel mean?
- Scoundrel means a mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honor or virtue.
- What is scoundrel in Hindi?
- Scoundrel in Hindi is बदमाश (badmāś). See Scoundrel meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is scoundrel?
- Scoundrel is a noun.
- How do you pronounce scoundrel?
- Scoundrel is pronounced /ˈskaʊ̯ndɹəl/.
- What is the plural of scoundrel?
- The plural of scoundrel is scoundrels.
Words near scoundrel in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scoundrel (page history and authors); scoundrel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); لفنگا (Urdu) (page history and authors); scoundrel (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scoundrel (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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