Scoundrel

//ˈskaʊ̯ndɹəl//

Synonyms for "scoundrel" (206 found)

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Related words (103)

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4 entries

Translations

251 translations across 55 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • skelm noun (villain)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أَزْعَر noun (villain)
  • شَقِيّ noun (villain)
  • شِرِّير noun (villain)
  • مِلْط noun (villain)

Armenian

1 entries
  • սրիկա noun (villain)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • alçaq noun (villain)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • га́даўка noun (villain)
  • га́дзіна noun (villain)
  • гад noun (villain)
  • няго́днік noun (villain)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • мерза́вец noun (villain)
  • мерза́вка noun (villain)
  • мръсни́к noun (villain)
  • мръсни́чка noun (villain)

Catalan

4 entries
  • brivall noun (villain)
  • brètol noun (villain)
  • canalla noun (villain)
  • roí noun (villain)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 壞人 /坏人 noun (villain)
  • 壞家伙 noun (villain)
  • 壞蛋 /坏蛋 noun (villain)
  • 惡棍 /恶棍 noun (villain)

Czech

4 entries
  • darebačka noun (villain)
  • darebák noun (villain)
  • gauner noun (villain)
  • lotr noun (villain)

Danish

4 entries
  • skurk noun (villain)
  • slambert noun (a person without honour or virtue)
  • slubbert noun (a person without honour or virtue)
  • slyngel noun (a person without honour or virtue)

Dutch

3 entries
  • ploert noun (villain)
  • schavuit noun (villain)
  • schurk noun (villain)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • abomenulo noun (villain)
  • fripono noun (villain)
  • kanajlo noun (villain)
  • malnoblulo noun (villain)

Finnish

4 entries
  • heittiö noun (villain)
  • hunsvotti noun (villain)
  • ilkimys noun (villain)
  • kanalja noun (villain)

French

4 entries
  • canaille noun (villain)
  • gredin noun (villain)
  • gredine noun (villain)
  • scélérat noun (villain)

Galician

1 entries
  • moinante noun (villain)

German

4 entries
  • Gauner noun (villain)
  • Gaunerin noun (villain)
  • Halunke noun (villain)
  • Halunkin noun (villain)

Greek

1 entries
  • παλιάνθρωπος noun (villain)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • בֶּן בְּלִיַּעַל noun (villain)

Hindi

1 entries
  • बदमाश noun (villain)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • csirkefogó noun (villain)
  • gazember noun (villain)
  • gazfickó noun (villain)
  • lókötő noun (villain)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • bajingan noun (villain)
  • bangsat noun (villain)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • scelerato noun (villain)

Irish

4 entries
  • alfraits noun (villain)
  • anchúinse noun (villain)
  • bithiúnach noun (villain)
  • ropaire noun (villain)

Italian

4 entries
  • briccone noun (villain)
  • canaglia noun (villain)
  • disonesto noun (villain)
  • farabutto noun (villain)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 悪人 noun (villain)
  • 悪党 noun (villain)
  • 悪漢 noun (villain)

Kaitag

2 entries
  • пуча́ noun (villain)
  • угъра́ш noun (villain)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • мүттайым noun (villain)
  • оңбаған noun (villain)
  • содыр noun (villain)

Korean

3 entries
  • 불량자 noun (villain)
  • 악당 noun (villain)
  • 악한 noun (villain)

Kyrgyz

4 entries
  • арамза noun (villain)
  • жүлүк noun (villain)
  • митаам noun (villain)
  • шүмшүк noun (villain)

Latin

3 entries
  • furcifer noun (villain)
  • furcifera noun (villain)
  • verberō noun (villain)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • подлец noun (villain)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • തെമ്മാടി noun (villain)

Middle English

1 entries
  • sot noun (villain)

Māori

2 entries
  • tainanakia noun (villain)
  • taurekareka noun (villain)

Norman

2 entries
  • blégèrde noun (villain)
  • peûle noun (villain)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • لوند noun (villain)

Persian

1 entries
  • رذل noun (villain)

Plautdietsch

4 entries
  • Bädel noun (villain)
  • Hollunk noun (villain)
  • Schuft noun (villain)
  • Spetzbub noun (villain)

Polish

4 entries
  • bezecnik noun (villain)
  • bydlak noun (villain)
  • bydlę noun (villain)
  • drań noun (villain)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • canalha noun (villain)

Punjabi

4 entries
  • ਬਦਮਾਸ਼ noun (villain)
  • ਰਿੰਦ noun (villain)
  • ਲੁੰਡ noun (villain)
  • ਲੁੱਚ noun (villain)

Romanian

2 entries
  • mișea noun (villain)
  • mișel noun (villain)

Russian

4 entries
  • вы́родок noun (villain)
  • га́дина noun (villain)
  • гад noun (villain)
  • гадёныш noun (villain)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • balgair noun (villain)
  • blaigeard noun (villain)
  • bleigeard noun (villain)
  • slaightear noun (villain)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • hȕlja noun (villain)
  • zlȉkovac noun (villain)
  • зли̏ковац noun (villain)
  • ху̏ља noun (villain)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • malantrinu noun (villain)
  • viḍḍanu noun (villain)

Slovak

4 entries
  • darebačka noun (villain)
  • darebák noun (villain)
  • gauner noun (villain)
  • lotor noun (villain)

Slovene

4 entries
  • nizkotnež noun (villain)
  • nizkotnica noun (villain)
  • podlež noun (villain)
  • podlica noun (villain)

Spanish

4 entries
  • bandido noun (villain)
  • barrabás noun (villain)
  • bellaco noun (villain)
  • bribón noun (villain)

Swedish

4 entries
  • fähund noun (villain)
  • lymmel noun (villain)
  • svinpäls noun (villain)
  • usling noun (villain)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • balawis noun (villain)

Tajik

3 entries
  • нобакор noun (villain)
  • нокас noun (villain)
  • разил noun (villain)

Turkish

3 entries
  • alçak noun (villain)
  • dürzü noun (villain)
  • köpek noun (villain)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • га́дина noun (villain)
  • гад noun (villain)
  • драб noun (villain)
  • мерзо́тник noun (villain)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • סוואָלאָטש noun (villain)
  • פּאַסקודניאַק noun (villain)

Sample sentences

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Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

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What a scoundrel you are!

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Tom doesn't look like a scoundrel.

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To play a scoundrel convincingly you don’t need to be a scoundrel. Just take a careful look around among your acquaintances.

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