Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scoundrelish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scoundrel-ish
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of scoundrelly.

Example Sentences

"The same infamous trick, so ignoble and scoundrelish, was practised upon the Russian as upon the British ambassador. The emperor, through pure insolence, insisted on feeding the embassy."
"With Goldfaden in Odessa we would have to withdraw. But not too far. Only to the nearby provincial towns. To make sure of success there, Rosenberg thought up one of his brilliantly scoundrelish schemes."
"“You are beautiful,” he whispered. She cast about for something lighthearted to say and skimmed a finger over his upper lip. “I see that your mustache is coming right along. Very scoundrelish.”"

Etymology

From scoundrel + -ish.

Inflected Forms

more scoundrelish (comparative) most scoundrelish (superlative)

Synonyms

scoundrelly

Questions

What does scoundrelish mean?: Synonym of scoundrelly.
Where does scoundrelish come from?: From scoundrel + -ish.

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