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形容詞

scoundrelous (comparative more scoundrelous, superlative most scoundrelous)

1. Like or befitting a scoundrel.

   Synonym: scoundrelly

   • 1977, Bim, volume 2, page 61:

     Susan, you don't know how wicked and scoundrelous those men can be. They turn up their noses at us old retired country doctors, but they! More scoundrelous men you couldn't wish for, child! It would be just like one of them to tell you that  […]

   • 1999, Clifford A. Pickover, Time: A Traveler's Guide, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

     In the Kennedy spacetime diagram, the projectile world line tilts downward to the right, and the destruction of the White House occurs before the scoundrelous aliens launched the projectile at the 'shoot' event.

   • 2013, Grace Burrowes, Gareth: Lord of Rakes, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 256:

     “Only just the one, and more an appreciative thought than an impure thought.” “ Wicked, wicked, bad man,” Felicity told him, rubbing her feet. “Scandalous, shameful, scoundrelous bad man.” Gareth smoothed her hair back, ...

   • 2015, Colin Spencer, Lovers in War, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:

     You really are the most scoundrelous, wicked creature. How can you be ensnaring that poor girl all over again? Of course I miss you terribly.