miscreant, adj. 1. depraved, debased, corrupt, degenerate; villainous, criminal, unprincipled, unscrupulous, scoundrelly, knavish, roguish, rascally; base, evil, wicked, nefarious, iniquitous; vile, foul, reprehensible.
2. misbelieving, idolatrous, pagan, heathen, unbelieving; unorthodox, unsound, heretical, schismatic; infidel, faithless.
-n. 3. villain, blackguard, reprobate, knave, wretch, Archaic, caitiff; scapegrace, scoundrel, rogue, rascal, Archaic, varlet, scamp, Inf. scalawag, rapscallion; ne'er-do-well, good-for-nothing, vagabond, tramp.
4. monster, demon, devil, hellhound, fiend; imp, rascal, mischief-maker.
5. profligate, reprobate, degenerate; rake, rou£, libertine, debauchee.
6. traitor, conspirator, Inf. snake in the grass, Inf. back-stabber, squealer, SI. fink.
7. gangster, mobster, racketeer, mafioso, desperado, terrorist; thug, U.S. tough, Inf. toughie, mugger; ruffian, rowdy, hoodlum, SI. hood, hooligan, Chiefly Brit, rough, Inf. roughneck, Inf. baddy, SI. bad actor, SI. gunsel, SI. mug, Australian SI. larrikin.
8. criminal, felon, larcener, larcenist, misdemeanant, lawbreaker; convict, SI. jailbird, parolee, ex-convict, Inf. ex-con; recidivist, repeat offender, Inf. chronic crook; transgressor, trespasser, offender, culprit; wrongdoer, evildoer, malefactor, sinner; malfeasant, misfeasor; Inf. scofflaw.
9. heretic, schismatic, dissident, sectarian; apostate, recreant, renegade, deserter; unbeliever, atheist, agnostic; heathen, pagan, infidel. miscreated, adj. misshapen, unshaped, deformed, malformed, ill-proportioned, misproportioned; defected, distorted, contorted, curved, awry, askew, crooked, gnarled, crippled, lame; stooped, roundshouldered, bent, humpbacked, hunchbacked, Pathol, kyphotic; bowlegged, bandy-legged, knock-kneed, clubfooted, splayfooted, taliped, pigeon-toed, harelipped; stumpy, stunted, dwarfed; abnormal, aberrant, irregular, unnatural, grotesque, gross, monstrous, hideous, ugly, unsightly; loathsome, repulsive, revolting, offensive; warped, twisted, perverted. misdate, v. date incorrectly, antedate, predate, postdate. misdeed, n. malefaction, malfeasance, offense, crime, wrongdoing, wrong, trespass, transgression, sin; delinquency, dereliction, violation, infringement; injury, hurt, harm; felony, Law. misdemeanor, Law. tort; atrocity, monstrosity, enormity, horror, outrage; disgrace, abomination, scandal, shame; blunder, error, peccadillo, faux pas. misdemeanor, n. 1. misbehavior, ill behavior, ill conduct, misconduct, badness, naughtiness, delinquency; disorderly conduct, bad manners, indiscipline, disobedience, insubordination; disorder, horseplay, mayhem, rowdyism, rowdiness, boisterousness.
2. Law. delict, Law. tort, violation, offense, crime, malefaction, malfeasance; wrong, trespass, transgression, infringement; indiscretion, faux pas, trip, slip, blunder, error. misdoing, n. 1. wrongdoing, evildoing, wickedness, sinfulness, iniquity, vice; knavery, dishonesty, villainy.
2. malefaction, malfeasance, crime, offense, misdeed. See misdeed.
misemploy, v. misuse, misapply, misappropriate.