All 5 Uses of
scoundrel
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Observe," said Villefort, smiling, "I do not mean to deny that both these men were revolutionary scoundrels, and that the 9th Thermidor and the 4th of April, in the year 1814, were lucky days for France, worthy of being gratefully remembered by every friend to monarchy and civil order; and that explains how it comes to pass that, fallen, as I trust he is forever, Napoleon has still retained a train of parasitical satellites.†
Chpt 5-6
- Oh, the heartless, treacherous scoundrels!" exclaimed Dantes, pressing his hand to his throbbing brows.†
Chpt 17-18
- This man might, after all, be a greater scoundrel than you have thought possible.†
Chpt 17-18 *
- And, besides, they say that the culprit is an infamous scoundrel, who killed with a log of wood a worthy canon who had brought him up like his own son.†
Chpt 35-36
- It must be allowed that Andrea was not very handsome, the hideous scoundrel!†
Chpt 35-36
Definition:
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(scoundrel) someone without moral principles