What does scapegrace mean?
Scapegrace means A wild and reckless person (especially a boy); a scoundrel..
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/ˈskeɪpɡɹeɪs/ · noun
A wild and reckless person (especially a boy); a scoundrel..
He is now laden with that superabundant energy which makes a fool of a man, and a scapegrace of a boy, and he wants to work it off.
An infantry officer in the trenches, Graves wrote of his rocky and scapegrace return to civilian life: "I still had the Army Habit of commandeering anything of uncertain ownership that I found lying about; also a difficulty in telling the truth--it was always easier for me now, when charged with any fault, to lie my way out in Army style."
Use scapegrace when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Scapegrace means A wild and reckless person (especially a boy); a scoundrel..
Common synonyms include black sheep, rascal, rogue.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He is now laden with that superabundant energy which makes a fool of a man, and a scapegrace of a boy, and he wants to work it off.
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