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(culpable) adjective
aberrant, accursed, accusable, amoral, astray, bad, base, blameful, blameworthy, censurable, chargeable, criminal, criminous, debauched, dishonest, erroneous, evil, execrable, faultful, fiendish, foul, full of mischief, guilty, guilty of transgression, heinous, illegal, immoral, impious, incorrigible, inexcusable, inexpiable, infamous, iniquitous, intolerable, maleficent, maleficial, meriting blame, mischievous, naughty, nefarious, offensive, peccans, reprehensible, reprobate, scandalous, shameful, sinful, transgressing, trespassing, unforgivable, unjust, unjustifiable, unpardonable, unprincipled, unrighteous, unscrupulous, unvirtuous, unworthy, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, without excuse, wretched, wrong, wrongful
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(unhealthy) adjective
afflicting, contaminated, corroding, corrosive, dangerous, deadly, deleterious, detrimental, disadvantageous, diseased, disserviceable, envenomed, gravis, harmful, injurious, insalubrious, insalubris, lethal, malefic, maleficent, malignant, miasmal, morbid, morbific, nocuous, noisome, noxious, perilous, pestilent, poisoned, poisonous, septic, tainted, toxic, unfavorable to health, unhygienic, unwholesome, venomous, virulent
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bad (offensive), blameful, blameworthy, culpable, delinquent (guilty of a misdeed), disgraceful, errant, guilty, iniquitous, malignant, nefarious, objectionable, offensive (offending), profane, profligate (corrupt), reprehensible, reprobate, sinister
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
См. также в других словарях:
Peccant — Pec cant, a. [L. peccans, antis, p. pr. of peccare to sin: cf. F. peccant.] 1. Sinning; guilty of transgression; criminal; as, peccant angels. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Morbid; corrupt; as, peccant humors. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 3. Wrong;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
peccant — peccant, ante [ pekɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • pechantes 1314; du lat. médiév. peccans, de peccare « pécher » ♦ Vx Humeurs peccantes, mauvaises. ⊗ HOM. Pécan, pékan. ⇒PECCANT, ANTE, adj. MÉD. ANC., littér., le plus souvent au fém. plur. [En parlant d une… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Peccant — Pec cant, n. An offender. [Obs.] Whitlock. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
peccant — peccant, ante (pè kkan, kkan t ) adj. Terme de médecine. Épithète donnée par les humoristes aux humeurs, quand elles pèchent par rapport à la qualité surtout. • Certaines humeurs, qu entre nous autres savants nous appelons humeurs peccantes,… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
peccant — c.1600 (adj.), 1620s (n.), from L. peccantem, prp. of peccare “to sin.” … Etymology dictionary
peccant — Peccant, [pecc]ante. adj. Qui peche. Il n a d usage qu au feminin, & dans cette phrase, Humeur peccante, pour dire, l Humeur qui peche en quantité ou en qualité. Il faut évacuer l humeur peccante, les humeurs peccantes … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
peccant — [pek′ənt] adj. [L peccans, prp. of peccare, to sin] 1. sinful; sinning 2. breaking or disregarding a rule or practice; faulty 3. Rare diseased or causing disease peccantly adv … English World dictionary
peccant — adjective Etymology: Latin peccant , peccans, present participle of peccare to stumble, sin Date: circa 1604 1. guilty of a moral offense ; sinning 2. violating a principle or rule ; faulty • peccantly adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
peccant — peccancy, peccantness, n. peccantly, adv. /pek euhnt/, adj. 1. sinning; guilty of a moral offense. 2. violating a rule, principle, or established practice; faulty; wrong. [1595 1605; < L peccant (s. of peccans), prp. of peccare to err, offend;… … Universalium
peccant — Unhealthy; producing disease. [L. peccans ( ant ), pres. p. of pecco, to sin] * * * pec·cant pek ənt adj causing disease <specific virtues...of drugs, as opposed to the unspecific adjustment of „peccant humours,” were recognized in the 16th… … Medical dictionary
