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scoundrel noun [ ˈskaʊndr(ə)l ]

• a dishonest or unscrupulous person; a rogue.
• "that scoundrel sets a bad example for the other young men"
Similar: rogue, rascal, good-for-nothing, reprobate, unprincipled person, cheat, swindler, fraudster, trickster, charlatan, villain, bastard, beast, son of a bitch, SOB, rat, louse, swine, dog, cur, hound, skunk, heel, snake, snake in the grass, wretch, scumbag, bad egg, stinker, scrote, blighter, sleeveen, spalpeen, rat fink, butthole, rotter, bounder, cad, ne'er-do-well, blackguard, miscreant, knave, dastard, vagabond, varlet, wastrel, rapscallion, whoreson, shit, bugger, motherfucker, mother, mofo,
Origin: late 16th century: of unknown origin.


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