scoundrelly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scoundrelly
Adjective
  • Shortly after his birth, doctors discovered fluid building up inside the baby boy's head in addition to a malignant tumor that required brain surgery.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 23 June 2025
  • Nevertheless, case reports have described malignant tumors developing within tattoos, including melanomas.
    Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • In essence, all this accomplishes is to enable some devious shopkeepers to charge their fellow Jews even more money in these challenging times for adhering to dietary laws.
    Michael Isaacson, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2025
  • Despite the film’s eclectic cast — from Cera’s quirky Norwegian insect specialist to Korda’s devious, bushy-browed half-brother, Uncle Nubar (Benedict Cumberbatch) — Desplat chose not to compose distinct themes for individual characters.
    Michaela Zee, Variety, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • Sarah Connor would never embrace the malevolent AI that tormented her in its quest to destroy humanity.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 June 2025
  • Some historians have concluded that the locals saw Mendaña’s men as a group of malevolent ghosts.
    Pete McKenzie, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • But to unsuspecting humans, killer bees seem aggressive, spiteful and, of course, terrifying.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 24 June 2025
  • But there’s a qualitative difference with a spiteful, foul-mouthed, score-settling president leading by acrid example.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
  • Nor are alligators the consistently malicious snappers of Kristi Noem’s dreams.
    Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Our national broadcaster should not be transmitting hateful material designed to incite violence and conflict.
    Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 30 June 2025
  • Instead, the program selectively promoted one viewpoint while silencing others, effectively teaching children that religious beliefs about sexuality and gender are outdated or even hateful.
    Jeffrey S. Trimbath, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • Historians don’t know whether this cognitive disturbance was caused by lead poisoning, exhaustion, scurvy or some other combination of factors.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
  • The latest research indicates that the men split into groups sometime after April 1848, with some parties surviving longer than others but all ultimately dying of starvation, scurvy, exposure, physical exhaustion and chronic illnesses, among other causes.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • Besides condemnations cloaked in virulent antisemitism and anti-Zionism, many questioned Israel’s open war against Iran and its implications for President Donald Trump’s commitment to restore safety and security around the world.
    Dr. Robert G. Rabil, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2025
  • Meanwhile, Spotify only took down the song following public pressure but has yet to answer for allowing major podcasts to platform Holocaust deniers and amplify virulent antisemites.
    Jonathan A. Greenblatt, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025
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“Scoundrelly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scoundrelly. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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