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variants:
or desperados
plural of desperado
Synonyms & Antonyms of desperadoes
old-fashioned
a violent criminal who is not afraid of getting hurt or caught
- A documentary about some notorious desperados of the Wild West.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for desperadoes
- baddies,
- beasts,
- brutes,
- caitiffs,
- devils,
- evildoers,
- fiends,
- heavies,
- hounds,
- knaves,
- meanies,
- miscreants,
- monsters,
- nazis,
- no-goods,
- rapscallions,
- rascals,
- reprobates,
- rogues,
- savages,
- scalawags
- (or scallywags),
- scamps,
- scapegraces,
- scoundrels,
- varlets,
- villains,
- wretches
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for desperadoes
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“Desperadoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desperadoes. Accessed 8 Aug. 2022.
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