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How to use scoundrel in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Scoundrel means a mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honor or virtue. Example: “He's a liar, swindler, and hypocrite—a scoundrel of the first water.”

More sentences with scoundrel

  • He's a liar, swindler, and hypocrite—a scoundrel of the first water.From the entry first water
  • Dash his impudence! Who is that scoundrel?From the entry dash
  • While on camera, Bruce behaves famously, but as soon as they stop rolling he turns into a scoundrel.From the entry on camera
  • You, sir, are a bodacious scoundrel.From the entry bodacious
  • I'm too tired to forgive any more gray-haired-blow-dried-elected scoundrels trying to sin 'n' spin.26 August 2001, Maureen Dowd, Liberties; My Condit Interview, The New York Times. From the entry redemption fatigue
  • He may be an elder, but he's a scoundrel just the same."1913, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 21, in The Golden Road. From the entry butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth
  • That scoundrel, Pinocchio, turned around and said most impolitely: “Oh, hush! ugly Crab.1901, Carlo Collodi, translated by Walter Samuel Cramp, The Adventures of Pinocchio. From the entry impolitely
  • Those who are lurkish, are open to the attacks of every ingenious scoundrel whose art will not alarm their indolence.2017, J. G. Zimmerman, Aphorisms and Reflections on Men, Morals and Things. From the entry lurkish
  • That's as much as to say he's a born scoundrel.1942, Storm Jameson, Then we shall hear singing: a fantasy in C major. From the entry born
  • I had been a cad, a scoundrel, first and last.1937, Gian Dàuli, The Wheel Turns, page 345. From the entry first and last
  • They'll still aim that musket and do their best to kill that scoundrel over there who might be trying to do the same thing back.2012, Jeff Shaara, A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh, →ISBN, page 64. From the entry mudkicker

Meaning of scoundrel

  1. noun A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honor or virtue.

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Questions about scoundrel in a sentence

How do you use scoundrel in a sentence?
Scoundrel is used as a noun. For example: “He's a liar, swindler, and hypocrite—a scoundrel of the first water.”
What is a short sentence with scoundrel?
“You, sir, are a bodacious scoundrel.”
What does scoundrel mean?
Scoundrel means a mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honor or virtue.

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