Definition for Scoundrelly:

• lacking principles or scruples; " the rascally rabble"; " the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W. M. Thackaray; " the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew"

Synonyms for Scoundrelly:

• adj.

  •false (adjective)
  • malicious,
  • deceitful,
  • two-faced,
  • treacherous,
  • base,
  • falsehearted,
  • duplicitous,
  • malevolent,
  • Canting,
  • crooked,
  • renegade,
  • delusive,
  • lying,
  • wicked,
  • perfidious,
  • Forsworn,
  • apostate,
  • faithless,
  • venal,
  • treasonable,
  • deceptive,
  • Double dealing,
  • traitorous,
  • beguiling,
  • unscrupulous,
  • disloyal,
  • untrustworthy,
  • corrupt,
  • Deceiving,
  • mythomaniac,
  • villainous,
  • recreant,
  • foul,
  • underhanded,
  • Perjured,
  • devious,
  • mean,
  • double-dealing,
  • misleading,
  • unfaithful,
  • Deluding.

• n.

  •dishonest (noun)
  • dishonest.
  •dishonorable (noun)
  • dishonorable.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • false.
  •n.
  • blackguardly,
  • rascally,
  • roguish.

Antonyms for Scoundrelly:

• adj.

  • false
    frank, accurate, straight, honest, right, real, known, actual, precise, valid, reliable, just, genuine, upright, open, true, truthful, correct, factual, substantiated.
  • Other antonyms:
    honorable.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    honourable.

Scoundrelly Sentence Examples:

• The only semblance of advice she got was in the base and hypocritical attempts of a scoundrelly canon of Rouen Cathedral to teach her certain answers which might afterwards be used against her by her accusers.

• Lionardo Buonarroti must have received similar advice from Rome, for a furious letter is extant, in which Michelangelo, impatient to the last of interference, literally rages at him: - I gather from your letter that you lend credence to certain envious and scoundrelly persons, who, since they cannot manage me or rob me, write you a lot of lies.

Homophones for Scoundrelly:

• secondarily, senatorial, sandril, scoundrel.