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Meaning of Miscreant | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈmɪs.kɹi.ənt

Definitions

  1. One who has behaved badly, or illegally.
  2. One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain.
  3. One who holds a false religious belief; a misbeliever.

Equivalents

Examples

“The teacher sent the miscreants to see the school principal.”
“Thou art a Traitor, and a Miſcreant; Too good to be ſo, and too bad to liue, Since the more faire and chriſtall is the skie, The vglier ſeeme the cloudes that in it flye:”
“A meagre Catchpole hurries me to fail; No Miscreant, so remorseless, ever tore Thy Journals, Fog, or knock'd at Franklin's door”
“Now wil the Chriſtian miſcreants be glad, Ringing with ioy their ſuperſtitious belles: And making bonfires for my ouerthrow. But ere I die thoſe foule Idolaters Shall make me bonfires with their filthy bones, […]”
“Arise thou cursed Miscreaunt, That hast with knightlesse guile and trecherous train Faire knighthood fowly shamed”
“Before thine eyes, thou mild and blessed one, said he, half aloud, are these miscreants daring to hold their market, and trafficking in their hellish drugs”

CEFR level

C2
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