blackguard
Morally corrupt person
A blackguard is a scoundrel or villain—someone thoroughly contemptible.
The word is old-fashioned and literary, appearing more often in period novels than contemporary speech: The blackguard cheated widows out of their savings.
It can also function as a verb meaning to abuse or revile: He blackguarded his opponents in the press.
Pronounced BLAG-erd.
Dishonest, unscrupulous person
- rogueDishonest or uncontrolled agent
- villainWicked story antagonist
- knaveDishonest, unprincipled person
- rascalLovable troublemaker
miscreant · reprobate · cad · varlet · ne'er-do-well · rapscallion · scalawag · wretch
Dishonest, unprincipled person
ruffian · brigand · footpad · cutthroat · highwayman · picaroon · rakehell · roué
Person who deceives for money
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
- fraudsterCriminal deceiver for gain
- cheatAct dishonestly to win
- conmanFraud who deceives for profit
trickster · impostor · grifter · mountebank · shyster · flimflammer · deceiver · dissembler
Harboring ill will
- cruelWillfully causing suffering
- viciousCruelly aggressive in nature
- spitefulWanting to hurt others
- vindictiveSeeking harm from resentment
wicked · evil · malicious · nefarious · villainous · sinister · fiendish · diabolical
scoundrel
Dishonest, unscrupulous person
- rogueDishonest or uncontrolled agent
- villainWicked story antagonist
- knaveDishonest, unprincipled person
rascal · miscreant · reprobate · cad · varlet · ne'er-do-well · rapscallion · scalawag · wretch · cur
knave
Dishonest, unprincipled person
caitiff · ruffian · brigand · footpad · cutthroat · highwayman · picaroon · rakehell · roué · scapegrace
swindler
Person who deceives for money
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
- fraudsterCriminal deceiver for gain
- cheatAct dishonestly to win
conman · trickster · impostor · grifter · mountebank · shyster · flimflammer · deceiver · dissembler · schemer
malevolent
Harboring ill will
vindictive · wicked · evil · malicious · nefarious · villainous · sinister · fiendish · diabolical · heinous
disgrace
Loss of honor
ignominy · scandal · discredit · defamation · reproach · vilification · slander · calumny · smear · besmirch
- character classeswarrior, mage, rogue, cleric, paladin
- roguesrogue, rogues, scoundrel, scoundrels, rascal
- scoundrelsscoundrel, rogue, knave, cad, villain
- old insultsknave, varlet, scoundrel, rogue, rascal
- social ranksking, queen, emperor, empress, noble
- troublemakerstroublemaker, rascals, delinquents, imps, brats