Definitions for miscreant

miscreant mis·cre·ant

Spelling: [mis-kree-uh nt]
IPA: /ˈmɪs kri ənt/

Miscreant is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 1022 anagrams from letters in miscreant (aceimnrst).

Definitions for miscreant

noun

  1. a vicious or depraved person; villain.
  2. Archaic. a heretic or infidel.

adjective

  1. depraved, villainous, or base.
  2. Archaic. holding a false or unorthodox religious belief; heretical.

Origin of miscreant

1350-1400; Middle English Middle French mescreant unbelieving, equivalent to mes- mis-1 + creant ≪ Latin crēdent- credent

Examples for miscreant

What miscreant hero had dared perform this sacrilegious exploit?

Perhaps, too, like miscreant HAL 9000, the GOP is warming up to sing, “Daisy, Daisy.”

When some miscreant tweets to the world that you should kill yourself, it kinda takes the romance out of it.

Is it mere coincidence or urban mythmaking that the miscreant line jumpers are always said to be driving Mercedes?

The heart of the miscreant swelled with indignation and disappointment.

The same house can't contain that miscreant and me any longer.

To appeal for mercy would delight the miscreant and not aid the prisoner.

You are thinking, 'Here is the miscreant, the scoundrel, who destroyed our battleship!'

Unless I were a miscreant, I could not but be grateful for such kindness.

But a miscreant in Shakespeares time had nothing of the meaning which now it has.

Word Value for miscreant
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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