Miscreant

  • 1Miscreant — Жанр дэт метал Годы 1993 наши дни Страна …

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  • 2Miscreant — EP by Skinless Released 2002 Genre Death metal Label Step Up …

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  • 3miscreant — index bad (offensive), convict, delinquent, hoodlum, immoral, iniquitous, malefactor, nefarious …

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  • 4miscreant — [adj] evil, immoral corrupt, criminal, degenerate, depraved, flagitious, infamous, iniquitous, nefarious, perverse, rascally, reprehensible, reprobate, unhealthy, unprincipled, vicious, villainous, wicked; concepts 401,545 Ant. good, moral, nice… …

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  • 5Miscreant — Mis cre*ant, n. [OF. mescreant, F. m[ e]cr[ e]ant; pref. mes (L. minus less) + p. pr. fr. L. credere to believe. See {Creed}.] [1913 Webster] 1. One who holds a false religious faith; a misbeliever. [Obs.] Spenser. De Quincey. [1913 Webster] Thou …

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  • 6Miscreant — Mis cre*ant, a. 1. Holding a false religious faith. [1913 Webster] 2. Destitute of conscience; unscrupulous; villainous; base; depraved. Pope. [1913 Webster +PJC] …

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  • 7miscreant — *villain, scoundrel, blackguard, knave, rascal, rogue, scamp, rapscallion Analogous words: *criminal, malefactor, culprit, delinquent …

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  • 8miscreant — ► NOUN 1) a person who behaves badly or unlawfully. 2) archaic a heretic. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ behaving badly or unlawfully. ORIGIN Old French mescreant, from mescreire disbelieve …

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  • 9miscreant — [mis′krē ənt] adj. [OFr, unbelieving < mes (see MIS 1) + creant, prp. of croire, to believe < L credere: see CREED] 1. villainous; evil 2. Archaic unbelieving or heretical n. 1. an evil person; criminal; villain …

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  • 10miscreant —    A miscreant is literally one who does not believe in God. but by the end of the sixteenth century the word had already taken on the more general sense of ‘wretch, villain’. When Vernon and Basset quarrel, in Shakespeare’s Henry the Sixth Part… …

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