SCOUNDRELLY Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

scoundrelly

adjective

Definition of scoundrelly

as in malignant

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Adjective

The patient was selected because his condition, unlike cancers such as leukemia, did not carry the risk of reimplanting malignant cells along with the transplant that could lead to a recurrence.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
That’s the day Prigge was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, an aggressive form of cancer.

— Amy Wenk, AJC.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of malignant

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One by one, suitors including the devious Antinous (Robert Pattinson) fail at the challenge, until Odysseus volunteers and succeeds with ease.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 18 July 2026
The series, which ended in 2007, also starred Nancy Sullivan and Jonathan Goldstein as Drake's mom and Josh's dad, respectively, and Miranda Cosgrove as Drake's devious younger sister Megan.

— Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026

Definition of devious

Adjective

The Gwi Realm is a desolate, crimson wasteland littered with malevolent presence, so naturally there have been comparisons to that other little Netflix show called Stranger Things.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Peter Gosselin Washington Moyn’s article and the accompanying cover photograph—showing old people as malevolent and evil—were not up to the usual standards of Harper’s Magazine.

— Peter Gosselin, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

Definition of malevolent

Adjective

These errors can cause crashes or enable attackers to exploit memory vulnerabilities, risking data corruption or executing malicious code.

— Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Elijah Bieniemy, who is 27 and is a graduate of Olathe Northwest High School, has been charged with malicious wounding, use of a firearm during the commission of a felony and discharge of a firearm inside of a dwelling.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

Definition of malicious

Adjective

Look the steady coarsening of American civic and political culture and the ways in which the once-outrageous—the bilious, hateful rhetoric and the creeping authoritarianism—have become almost ordinary.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Although Fang was charged in a single incident, authorities allege the defendant was responsible for a string of hateful messages found across the Northern California campus.

— Seamus Bozeman, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of hateful

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In rare cases, extreme deficiency for many weeks may lead to a fatal condition, called scurvy.

— Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 18 July 2025
Perhaps best known as a immune-system boost or antidote to scurvy, vitamin C has been found to rejuvenate aging skin by reactivating genes responsible for cell growth.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2025

Definition of scurvy

Adjective

Further tests showed that the thick sticky coating made these bacteria more virulent than the normal-looking bacteria from the first urine sample.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
That small but extremely virulent fire killed 13 people, including several foreigners, in one of Spain’s deadliest wildfires.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Definition of virulent

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