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Recent Examples of scaramouch
Much like his namesake, the scaramouch, the Mooch masquerades as a useful idiot and a sly schemer, performing both roles while never forgetting to enthrall the audience and, most important, the boss.
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Tiana Lowe, National Review, 28 July 2017
Tiana Lowe, National Review, 28 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scaramouch
Noun
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With Edusei’s fastidious beat, the orchestra played with hair-trigger precision, and a huge dynamic range, in Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
8 Jan. 2022
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Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso and Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
10 Jan. 2022
Noun
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The bakery also features a chocolate mousse cream puff.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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There’s also a new pastry cart with treats from Hotel Bel-Air’s on-site Patisserie for all your cream puff and croissant cravings.—
Andy Wang,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
Noun
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Some might say the goal of a nuclear-free world is a fool’s errand.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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Trying to avoid every dip and pullback is a fool’s errand.—
Frank Holmes,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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For a 2001 collection, Alexander McQueen created a scaly bodice out of glass microscope slides painted blood red, then paired it with an exuberant skirt of dyed red-and-black ostrich plumes, contrasting the brittle, angular shards with the soft, floating feathers.—
Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 July 2025
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Showing an apparent lack of understanding of how infections spread, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Dr. Mehmet Oz, now administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, proposed relocating the ostriches from Canada to Oz’s ranch in Okeechobee, Florida.—
Judy Stone,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
Noun
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Her goal is to start a women’s consciousness-raising group, and her efforts have brought together a motley, inquisitive quintet.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2025
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Kaan kaan wu, with its motley of melds, is where these two tiles from different suits can be used in a clean-sweeping hand.—
Rudy Lee,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2023
Noun
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McKenna recently told IndieWire that the early attention can only help the film, despite some who think the sneak peaks will spoil the plot and the fashion.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2025
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Here’s a sneak peak into the menu and more about the new snazzy joint.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Though mean-spirited, the jester Rigoletto — Verdi’s hapless, vengeful hunchback — wins our hearts as the outsider whom a heartless world so often abuses.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
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Listen to this article Nikola Jokic rolled up in the Joker’s suit, then performed like a court jester.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
10 May 2025
Noun
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But Maddux and three teammates — Jody Davis, Les Lancaster and Al Nipper — got off scot-free for their tarp-sliding antics, until general manager Jim Frey fined them each $500.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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Their amateur-hour antics quickly land them in over their heads when a meth lab heist gone wrong sets off a crime war that actual law enforcement, led by Mina (Marin Ireland), a veteran agent who barely survives a bullet to the throat during the robbery, is eager to crack down.—
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Scaramouch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scaramouch. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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