miscreant(n = noun.person) reprobate - a person without moral scruples;
is a kind of offender, wrongdoer
has particulars: degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert, black sheep, scapegrace, wretch
1. One who holds a false religious faith; a misbeliever. Spenser. De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
"Thou oughtest not to be slothful to the destruction of the miscreants, but to constrain them to obey our Lord God." [1913 Webster]
2. One not restrained by Christian principles; an unscrupulous villain; a depraved person; a vile wretch. Addison.
1. Holding a false religious faith. [1913 Webster]
2. Destitute of conscience; unscrupulous; villainous; base; depraved. Pope. [1913 Webster]
miscreant, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a vile wretch, a villain.
2 archaic a heretic.
--adj.
1 depraved, villainous.
2 archaic heretical.
Etymology:
ME f. OF mescreant (as MIS-(2), creant part. of croire f. L credere believe)
N bad man, wrongdoer, worker of iniquity, evildoer, sinner, the wicked, bad example, villain, rascal, scoundrel, miscreant, budmash, caitiff, wretch, reptile, viper, serpent, cockatrice, basilisk, urchin, tiger, monster, devil, 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, rake, Sadist, skeesicks, skeezix, limb, one who has sold himself to the devil, fallen angel, ame damnee, vaurien, mauvais sujet, loose fish, sad dog, rounder, lost sheep, black sheep, castaway, recreant, defaulter, prodigal, rough, rowdy, hooligan, tough, ugly customer, mean mother, ruffian, bully, meanie, Jonathan Wild, hangman, incendiary, arsonist, fire bug, thief, murderer, terrorist, culprit, delinquent, crook, hoodlum, hood, criminal, thug, malefactor, offender, perpetrator, perp, disorderly person, misdemeanant, 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, drole, cur, dog, hound, whelp, mongrel, lown, loon, runnion, outcast, vagabond, rogue, ronian, scum of the earth, riffraff, Arcades ambo, Int, sirrah!, Acherontis pabulum, gibier de potence.