as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
some scoundrel stole my wallet
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Recent Examples of scoundrel
That scoundrel Chief Trouthands lived and died for his people.
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Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
That and the excellent voice acting really sold Musashi as a scoundrel with a good heart.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
These days, modern communications have only intensified this problem as hordes of opportunistic businesspeople, politicians and First Amendment scoundrels work to profit from our cultural fears and divisions.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2025
For more than two millennia, the promise of alchemy—and, specifically, transmuting ordinary elements into valuable ones—has intrigued scientists and scoundrels alike.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scoundrel
Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
That and the excellent voice acting really sold Musashi as a scoundrel with a good heart.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
These days, modern communications have only intensified this problem as hordes of opportunistic businesspeople, politicians and First Amendment scoundrels work to profit from our cultural fears and divisions.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2025
For more than two millennia, the promise of alchemy—and, specifically, transmuting ordinary elements into valuable ones—has intrigued scientists and scoundrels alike.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scoundrel
Noun
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Because the traits that make someone a hero in a story can easily lend themselves to being painted as a villain, too.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin play estranged old friends who reconnect at the funeral of a mutual friend, only to realize that their friend's dead husband was really the villain in all their lives.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Mihály is a brute who mistreats his mother.—
Adam Solomons,
IndieWire,
28 Aug. 2025
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Some are slow and heavy brutes that have tons of health while others are slightly but deal more damage.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Texas is gearing up for war as a savage, flesh-eating fly appears poised for a US invasion and is expanding its range of victims.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
8 Aug. 2025
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Often regarded by historians as a collection of savage tribes, the Scythians emerge as a pivotal force of the ancient world in this monumental history.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2023
Noun
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This quiz invites you to explore the darker corners of sci-fi literature, where monsters lurk not just in shadows, but in laboratories, alien worlds and post-apocalyptic wastelands.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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As a smooth fixer for a tertiary monster who has maybe three lines, Morgan Spector is both chilling and thoroughly pointless.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Scoundrel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scoundrel. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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