Miscreant

Quick meaning: Miscreant is an adjective meaning Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.

Meaning

Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.

More Meanings

1. (theology) Holding an incorrect religious belief.
2. One who has behaved badly, or illegally.
3. One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain.
4. (theology) One who holds a false religious belief; a misbeliever.

Example Sentences

The teacher sent the miscreants to see the school principal.

How do we get fair treatment when confronting miscreant workers sometimes means no care at all?

Arise thou cursed Miscreaunt, That hast with knightlesse guile and trecherous train Faire knighthood fowly shamed

A meagre Catchpole hurries me to fail; No Miscreant, so remorseless, ever tore Thy Journals, Fog, or knock'd at Franklin's door

Word Forms

• miscreaunt
• miscreants

Synonyms for miscreant

Depending on context, synonyms include reprobate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reprobate, rogue, miscreaunt, unscrupulous, misprincipled, roguish.

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