scoundrelly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scoundrelly
Adjective
  • These malignant tumors are often hormone receptor-positive, meaning the cancer cells grow in response to estrogen or progesterone.
    Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Some of the images contain cancerous tumors, and, over time, the AI learns to distinguish the often subtle differences between malignant and benign tissue.
    Elizabeth Cohen, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The series then retreats to 2019 to trace the circumstances that led to these killings, building toward the inevitability of Maggie and Paul’s death and filtering the whole family through a lens of catastrophe, where every member is either ill-fated or devious.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Perhaps Munro’s most popular role is as Betty’s devious dad, Hal Cooper, on Riverdale (2017–2023).
    Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • King is said to have had nightmares that night — his son running through endless hallways, pursued by a malevolent presence — inspiring the plot of the famous movie.
    Noreen Kompanik, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Needless to say, malevolent spirits combined with a constantly escalating chat make for a very unpleasant evening.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Meester holds her cards close to her chest, leaving us to wonder whether Joanne is being spiteful and shallow (given her trajectory … probably) or whether this woman is really that unbearable.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Several diss tracks followed, with the musicians hurling increasingly spiteful insults at each other relating to accusations of domestic abuse, exploitation and pedophilia.
    Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Police believe the act was done with malicious intent.
    Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • According to research from Copyleaks, an AI analysis firm that helps businesses and institutions navigate the shifting landscape of this emergent technology, a new trend has produced Sora videos of celebrities appearing to spew hateful racist epithets.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Other fits have been hateful, veering into racist and antisemitic diatribes.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In rare cases, extreme deficiency for many weeks may lead to a fatal condition, called scurvy.
    Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 18 July 2025
  • In the 10th century, Italy’s famed medical school in Salerno discovered that citrus could be the solution to the dreaded nautical affliction scurvy.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2025
Adjective
  • Pinochet, a virulent anti-communist and Germanophile, was anointed as head of a four-man Military Junta, and later President of Chile.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The internet being the internet, however, some fans had correctly guessed this twist was coming after sharing Harcourt’s observation about the population’s whiteness — matched with the fact that on the main Earth, Auggie was a virulent white supremacist known as the White Dragon.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Scoundrelly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scoundrelly. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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