scoundrel
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scoundrel
- /ˈskaʊ̯ndɹəl/
Where it comes from
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).
noun scoundrels
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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.
Similar: antimodel, bad guy, baddie, bastard, beggar, blackguard, bounder, cad, cockatrice, coistril, evildoer, fustilarian
Translations
Every language
noun villain
| Español | bribón, canalla, bellaco, villano, malandrín, pillastre |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 악당 akdang, 악한 akhan, 불량자 bullyangja |
| 日本語 | 悪党 akutō, 悪漢 akkan, 悪人 akunin |
| 中文 | 惡棍 /恶棍 ègùn, 壞家伙 huàijiāhuo, 壞蛋 /坏蛋 huàidàn, 無籟 /无籁 wúlài, 渾蛋 /浑蛋 húndàn, 流氓 liúmáng |
| हिन्दी | बदमाश badmāś |
| Português | canalha |
| Français | scélérat, scélérate, gredin, gredine, canaille |
| Deutsch | Gauner, Gaunerin, Halunke, Halunkin, Schurke, Schurkin |
| Italiano | canaglia, farabutto, furfante, mascalzone, briccone, disonesto |
| Ελληνικά | παλιάνθρωπος paliánthropos |
| Română | mișel, mișea |
| Русский | негодя́й negodjáj, негодя́йка negodjájka, мерза́вец merzávec, мерза́вка merzávka, подле́ц podléc, паску́да paskúda |
| العربية | وَغْد waḡd, نَذْل naḏl, شِرِّير širrīr, مِلْط milṭ, وَضِيع waḍīʕ, شَقِيّ šaqiyy |
| עברית | בֶּן בְּלִיַּעַל ben bliyá'al |
Talk about this word "scoundrel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/scoundrel. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. scoundrel. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/scoundrel "scoundrel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/scoundrel.Cite this
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title = {scoundrel},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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