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Definition of Scoundrel
Scoundrel

A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without honor or virtue.

Low; base; mean; unprincipled.

Related Definitions:
Base, Fellow, Honor, Low, Man, Mean, Or, Rascal, Unprincipled, Villain, Virtue, Without, Worthless


Scoundrel Quotations

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Samuel Johnson

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
George Bernard Shaw

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.
Samuel Johnson

He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.
William Blake

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.
Jonathan Swift

Scoundrel Translations

scoundrel in Afrikaans is ploert
scoundrel in Dutch is rotzak, schoelje, ploert, loeder
scoundrel in French is gredin, crapule, canaille
scoundrel in German is Schuft, Halunke
scoundrel in Italian is furfante, mascalzone
scoundrel in Swedish is skurk, slyngel, lymmel, rackare


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