miscreant

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• UK, US: mĭsʹkrē-ənt
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• UK, US: /ˈmɪs.kɹi.ənt/
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• CMU ARPABET: M IH1 S K R IY0 AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English myscreaunt, miscreaunt, from Old French mescreant (1080) "mis-believer", present participle of mescreire "to misbelieve" (modern mécroire). Cognate with French mécréant.

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: низък (nizǎk) — lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous
• Bulgarian: подъл (podǎl) — lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous
• Czech: ničemný — lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous
• German: gewissenloser Mensch — lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous
• German: Übeltäter — lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous
• German: Schurke — lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous
• Greek: αχρείος (achreíos) — lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous
• Macedonian: по́дол (pódol) — lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous
• Polish: nikczemny — lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous
• Polish: podły — lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous
• Russian: развращённый (razvraščónnyj) — lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous
• Swedish: skurkaktig — lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous
• Swedish: samvetslös — lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous
• Bulgarian: еретически (eretičeski) — holding an incorrect religious belief
• Czech: kacířský — holding an incorrect religious belief
• French: mécréant — holding an incorrect religious belief
• German: Ungläubiger — holding an incorrect religious belief
• German: Ketzer — holding an incorrect religious belief
• Greek: άπιστος (ápistos) — holding an incorrect religious belief
• Macedonian: ере́тички (erétički) — holding an incorrect religious belief
• Middle English: myscreaunt — holding an incorrect religious belief
• Polish: heretycki — holding an incorrect religious belief
• Russian: еретический (jeretičeskij) — holding an incorrect religious belief
• Serbo-Croatian: heretički — holding an incorrect religious belief
• Czech: ničema — one who has behaved badly or illegally
• Finnish: pahantekijä — one who has behaved badly or illegally
• Serbo-Croatian: izgrednik — one who has behaved badly or illegally
• Spanish: facineroso — one who has behaved badly or illegally
• Swedish: ogärningsman — one who has behaved badly or illegally
• Swedish: missdådare — one who has behaved badly or illegally
• Swedish: ligist — one who has behaved badly or illegally
• Bulgarian: злодей (zlodej) — one not restrained by moral principles
• Czech: ničema — one not restrained by moral principles
• Polish: łachudra — one not restrained by moral principles
• Polish: łotr — one not restrained by moral principles
• Polish: nikczemnik — one not restrained by moral principles
• Polish: szubrawca — one not restrained by moral principles
• Polish: szubrawiec — one not restrained by moral principles
• Swedish: missdådare — one not restrained by moral principles
• Arabic: فَاسِق (fāsiq) — one who holds a false religious belief; an unbeliever
• Bulgarian: еретик (eretik) — one who holds a false religious belief; an unbeliever
• Czech: kacíř — one who holds a false religious belief; an unbeliever
• Czech: nevěrec — one who holds a false religious belief; an unbeliever
• Finnish: vääräuskoinen — one who holds a false religious belief; an unbeliever
• French: mécréant — one who holds a false religious belief; an unbeliever
• French: mécréante — one who holds a false religious belief; an unbeliever
• French: parpaillot — one who holds a false religious belief; an unbeliever
• French: parpaillote — one who holds a false religious belief; an unbeliever
• German: Missetäter — one who holds a false religious belief; an unbeliever
• German: Missetäterin — one who holds a false religious belief; an unbeliever
• Macedonian: ере́тик (erétik) — one who holds a false religious belief; an unbeliever
• Middle English: myscreaunt — one who holds a false religious belief; an unbeliever
• Polish: heretyk — one who holds a false religious belief; an unbeliever
• Polish: heretyczka — one who holds a false religious belief; an unbeliever
• Serbo-Croatian: heretik — one who holds a false religious belief; an unbeliever
• Serbo-Croatian: bezvjerac — one who holds a false religious belief; an unbeliever
• Serbo-Croatian: bezbožnik — one who holds a false religious belief; an unbeliever
• Turkish: fasık — one who holds a false religious belief; an unbeliever