English-Thai Dictionary

miscreant

N คน นอกรีต  คน นอกศาสนา  kon-nok-rid

 

miscreant

N คนเลว  คนชั่ว  วายร้าย  villain wretch gentleman lady goodman kon-leo

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MISCREANT

n.[L. credens, credo. ] 1. An infidel, or one who embraces a false faith.
2. A vile wretch; an unprincipled fellow.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MISCREANT

Mis "cre *ant, n. Etym: [OF. mescreant, F. mécréant; pref. mes- (L.minus less ) + p. pr. fr. L. credere to believe. See Creed. ]

 

1. One who holds a false religious faith; a misbeliever. [Obs. ] Spenser. De Quincey. Thou oughtest not to be slothful to the destruction of the miscreants, but to constrain them to obey our Lord God. Rivers.

 

2. One not restrained by Christian principles; an unscrupulous villain; a while wretch. Addison.

 

MISCREANT

MISCREANT Mis "cre *ant, a.

 

1. Holding a false religious faith.

 

2. Destitute of conscience; unscrupulous. Pope.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

miscreant

mis cre ant |ˈmiskrēənt ˈmɪskriənt | ▶noun a person who behaves badly or in a way that breaks the law. • archaic a heretic. ▶adjective (of a person ) behaving badly or in a way that breaks a law or rule: her miscreant husband. • archaic heretical. ORIGIN Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘disbelieving ’): from Old French mescreant, present participle of mescreire ‘disbelieve, ’ from mes- ‘mis- ’ + creire ‘believe ’ (from Latin credere ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

miscreant

miscreant |ˈmɪskrɪənt | ▶noun a person who has done something wrong or unlawful. • archaic a heretic. ▶adjective (of a person ) behaving badly or unlawfully: her miscreant husband. • archaic heretical. ORIGIN Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘disbelieving ’): from Old French mescreant, present participle of mescreire ‘disbelieve ’, from mes- ‘mis- ’ + creire ‘believe ’ (from Latin credere ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

miscreant

miscreant noun the South Street playground has been taken over by a pack of drug-dealing miscreants: criminal, culprit, wrongdoer, malefactor, offender, villain, lawbreaker, evildoer, delinquent, hoodlum, reprobate; Law malfeasant.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

miscreant

miscreant noun archaic the village stocks, where miscreants of olden days were pelted with rotten garbage: criminal, culprit, wrongdoer, malefactor, offender, villain, lawbreaker, evil-doer, convict, delinquent, sinner, transgressor, outlaw, trespasser, scoundrel, wretch, reprobate, rogue, rascal; Law malfeasant, misfeasor.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

miscreant

mis cre ant /mɪ́skriənt / (!｟古 ｠) 名詞 C 悪人, 悪党 (villain ).形容詞 極悪非道の, 悪辣 （らつ ）な .