scoundrel

[US]/'skaʊndr(ə)l/
[UK]/'skaʊndrəl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. villain, rogue

Example Sentences

I gave the scoundrel a slap in the face.

I'll give the scoundrels a drubbing if I can!.

I can't endure talking to those scoundrels.

He is a notorious scoundrel in the neighborhood.

The scoundrel tried to cheat his way out of the situation.

Beware of that scoundrel, he cannot be trusted.

The scoundrel was caught red-handed stealing from the shop.

She fell for the charm of the scoundrel but later regretted it.

The scoundrel was finally brought to justice for his crimes.

The scoundrel's deceitful ways eventually caught up with him.

The scoundrel's true colors were revealed when he betrayed his friends.

Despite his charming facade, he was nothing but a scoundrel at heart.

The scoundrel's cunning ways often fooled those around him.

Real-world Examples

He was willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars to please this scoundrel.

Source: 1000 episodes of English stories (continuously updated)

I think we were all pleased to lose the scoundrel at so small a price.

Source: Treasure Island ( abridged version)

" Oh, " cried the farmer with his last breath, " I am rightly served for pitying a scoundrel."

Source: Aesop's Fables

Now, I have been...I've been a scoundrel in my life.

Source: Focus on the Oscars

" Oh, the scoundrels" ! cried Passepartout, who could not repress his indignation.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

Ah yes, wormholes — the last refuge of scoundrels and desperate physicists.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American June 2023 Collection

We are both scoundrels, Scarlett, and nothing is beyond us when we want something.

Source: Gone with the Wind

And this scoundrel would come in looking like a mangy rat.

Source: 1000 episodes of English stories (continuously updated)

The man filming yells no, no, no, Prophet Jonah, this is gone. God, these scoundrels.

Source: NPR News July 2014 Compilation

" Braggarts and rogues, dogs and scoundrels, drive them out, Harry Potter, see them off! "

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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