Miscreant Definition

mĭskrē-ənt
miscreants
noun
miscreants
An evil person; criminal; villain.
Webster's New World
One who behaves badly, often by breaking rules of conduct or the law.
American Heritage
An unbeliever or heretic.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Villainous; evil.
Webster's New World
Unbelieving or heretical.
Webster's New World

Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.

Wiktionary

(theology) Holding an incorrect religious belief.

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Other Word Forms of Miscreant

Noun

Singular:
miscreant
Plural:
miscreants

Origin of Miscreant

  • Middle English miscreaunt heretic from Old French mescreant present participle of mescroire to disbelieve mes- wrongly, not mis–1 croire to believe (from Latin crēdere kerd- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French mescreant (1080) "mis-believer", present participle of mescroire "to misbelieve" (modern mécroire).

    From Wiktionary

Miscreant Sentence Examples

  • Understandably furious, he sought out the miscreant who had smashed the glass.

  • Even for the worst miscreant there is hope - for who can say but that God may yet think fit to convert him?

  • But the best of these old dramatic authors was a priest of Viborg, Justesen Ranch (1539-1607), who wrote Kong Salomons Hylding (" The Crowning of King Solomon ") (1585), Samsons Faengsel (" The Imprisonment of Samson "), which includes lyrical passages which have given it claims to be considered the first Danish opera, and a farce, Karrig Niding (" The Miserly Miscreant ").

  • While the lawyer's death did nothing to undo the damage his note had caused to Cynthia, it at least eliminated her need for any further dealings with the miscreant.

  • Every member of his family and every friend was ordered to be massacred by Aga Mahommed; and the successful miscreant thus founded the dynasty of the Kajars at the price of all the best and noblest blood of Iran.

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