bad man

Roget-categorie 949

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.3. Moral conditions

#949. Bad Man

zelfstandig naamwoord

bad man, wrongdoer, worker of iniquity — evildoer etc. 913 — sinner — the wicked etc. 945 — bad example.
villain, rascal, scoundrel, miscreant, budmash^†, caitiff^† — wretch, reptile, viper, serpent, cockatrice, basilisk, urchin — tiger^†, monster — devil etc. (demon) 980 — devil incarnate — demon in human shape, Nana Sahib — hellhound, hellcat — rakehell^†.
bad woman, jade, Jezebel.
scamp, scapegrace, rip, runagate, ne'er-do-well, reprobate, scalawag, scallawag.
rou_e [Fr.], rake — Sadist — skeesicks [Slang], skeezix [U.S.] — limb — one who has sold himself to the devil, fallen angel, ame damnee [Fr.], vaurien^†, mauvais sujet [Fr.], loose fish, sad dog — rounder [Slang] — lost sheep, black sheep — castaway, recreant, defaulter — prodigal etc. 818.
rough, rowdy, hooligan, tough, ugly customer, mean mother [Coll.], ruffian, bully, meanie [Joc.] — Jonathan Wild — hangman.
incendiary, arsonist, fire bug [U.S.].
thief etc. 792 — murderer, terrorist etc. 361.
[person who violates the criminal law] culprit, delinquent, crook, hoodlum, hood, criminal, thug, malefactor, offender, perpetrator, perp [Coll.] — disorderly person, misdemeanant [Law] — outlaw — scofflaw — vandal — felon, (convicted criminal); criminal — convict, prisoner, inmate, jail bird, ticket of leave man — multiple offender.
blackguard, polisson^†, loafer, sneak — rapscallion, rascallion^† — cullion^†, mean wretch, varlet, kern^†, ame-de-boue [Fr.], drole^† — cur, dog, hound^†, whelp^†, mongrel^† — lown^†, loon, runnion^†, outcast, vagabond — rogue etc. (knave) 941 — ronian^† — scum of the earth, riffraff — Arcades ambo^†.

tussenwerpsel

sirrah! ^†,

uitdrukking

Acherontis pabulum^† — gibier de potence [Fr.].

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