Associations to the word «Scoundrel»

Wiktionary

SCOUNDREL, noun. A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honour or virtue.

Dictionary definition

SCOUNDREL, noun. A wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats