black sheep
Main Entry:
black sheep
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disgraceful person
Synonyms: ne'er-do-well, outcast, pariah, prodigal, reject, reprobate
Main Entry: cur
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: rotten, lowly animate being
Synonyms: black sheep, blackguard, bum, cad, coward, dog*, good-for-nothing, heel, hound, ne'er-do-well, rat, riffraff, scoundrel, scum*, skunk, snake*, stinker, toad, villain, worm, wretch, yellow dog
Main Entry: delinquent
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: criminal, often young
Synonyms: JD, behind, black sheep, blackguard, culprit, dawdler, deadbeat, deadhead, debtor, defaulter, derelict, desperado, evader, fallen angel, felon, hoodlum, jailbird, juvenile delinquent, juvie, lawbreaker, loafer, lounger, malefactor, miscreant, neglecter, no show, offender, outlaw, punk*, recreant, reprobate, sinner, wrongdoer, young offender
Main Entry: good-for-nothing
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who is idle, worthless
Synonyms: bad lot, black sheep, bum, loafer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, profligate, rapscallion, scalawag, scamp, tramp, vagabond, waster, wastrel
Antonyms: hard worker
Main Entry: miscreant
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who is very bad, immoral
Synonyms: black sheep, blackguard, bootlegger, bully, cad, caitiff, convict, criminal, culprit, delinquent, drunkard, evildoer, felon, fink, heel, hoodlum, jailbird, loafer, louse, lowlife, malefactor, outcast, outlaw, pickpocket, racketeer, rapscallion, rascal, rat, reprobate, rowdy, ruffian, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, scum*, sinner, sneak, vagabond, villain, wretch, wrongdoer
Antonyms: goody-goody
Main Entry: rascal
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who is unprincipled, does not work hard
Synonyms: beggar, black sheep, blackguard, bully, bum, cad, cardsharp, charlatan, cheat, delinquent, devil, disgrace, felon, fraud, good-for-nothing, grafter, hooligan*, hypocrite, idler, imp, liar, loafer, mischief-maker, miscreant, opportunist, pretender, prodigal, profligate, recreant, reprobate, robber, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scoundrel, sinner, skunk, sneak*, swindler, tough*, tramp, trickster, varmint, villain, wastrel, wretch
Main Entry: rogue
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who deceives, swindles
Synonyms: bad egg, bad news, black sheep, blackguard, charlatan, cheat, cheater, con artist, criminal, crook, defrauder, devil, fraud, heel, hooligan*, lowlife, mischief, miscreant, monstrosity, ne'er-do-well, outlaw, problem*, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, swindler, trickster, villain
Main Entry: scoundrel
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who is deceptive and
Synonyms: bad news, black sheep, blackguard, caitiff, cheat, creep, crook, dastard, good-for-nothing, heel, imp, incorrigible, lowlife, maggot, mischiefmaker, miscreant, ne'er-do-well, rascal, reprobate, scalawag, scamp, thief, uncaring of others bad egg, vagabond, villain, wretch
Main Entry: bad egg
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bad person
Synonyms: black sheep, corrupt person, evildoer, miscreant, reprobate, sorry lot, untrustworthy person, worthless person, wrong number, wrongdoer, wrongo
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