ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Scoundrelous

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Scoundrelous is an adjective meaning Like or befitting a scoundrel.

Meaning

Like or befitting a scoundrel.

Example Sentences

You really are the most scoundrelous, wicked creature. How can you be ensnaring that poor girl all over again? Of course I miss you terribly.
In the Kennedy spacetime diagram, the projectile world line tilts downward to the right, and the destruction of the White House occurs before the scoundrelous aliens launched the projectile at the 'shoot' event.
“Only just the one, and more an appreciative thought than an impure thought.” “ Wicked, wicked, bad man,” Felicity told him, rubbing her feet. “Scandalous, shameful, scoundrelous bad man.” Gareth smoothed her hair back, .
Susan, you don't know how wicked and scoundrelous those men can be. They turn up their noses at us old retired country doctors, but they! More scoundrelous men you couldn't wish for, child! It would be just like one of them to tell you that […]

Synonyms for scoundrelous

Depending on context, synonyms include scoundrelly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include scoundrelly, scoundrelish, rapscallionly, scumlike, ruffianly, squalid.

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