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- pronunciation:
- mI
skri
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- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition: |
evil or malevolent; villainous.
He's been arrested several times for miscreant behavior such as vandalism and robbery.- synonyms:
- base, depraved, evil, malevolent, malicious, nefarious, vile, villainous, wicked
- similar words:
- corrupt, degenerate, iniquitous, sinful, unprincipled, unscrupulous
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noun |
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an evil, villainous person; wrongdoer.
- synonyms:
- blackguard, evildoer, knave, malefactor, rogue, scoundrel, villain
- similar words:
- degenerate, fiend, ogre, reprobate, scumbag, wrongdoer
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| related words: |
culprit, knave, monster, outlaw, troublemaker, villain |
adjective + (n.)miscreant
corporate, easy, illegal, occasional, punishing, severe, sexual, various
verb + (n.)miscreant
arrest, beg, describe, track
noun + (n.)miscreant
attitude, band, folk, gallery, ne'er-do-well, penalty, society, villain
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The word miscreant
contains the following parts:
cred, credit
Latin
root
that means believe
  Example words:
accredit, credence, credible, credit, creditable, creditor, credo, credulity, credulous, creed, discredit, incredible, incredulity, incredulous, miscreant, recreant
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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