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scapegrace

Meaning

A mischievous and irreclaimable wrongdoer who is beyond correction.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

The old farmer sighed, watching the boy dash away again. "That scapegrace," he grumbled, shaking his head, "he'll never learn. No matter what we do, he just keeps causing trouble. Beyond fixing, that one."

The shopkeeper sighed, watching the scruffy boy dart away with the bread again. He'd tried talking, bribing, even threatening, but this one was a true scapegrace, always causing trouble and never learning.

Old Man Fitzwilliam just shook his head at the latest report. That young scamp, Finn, had managed to swap all the lab's glow-in-the-dark algae with edible glitter again. Fitzwilliam sighed, knowing Finn was a total scapegrace, someone who'd never learn from his silly, disruptive pranks.

Barnaby was a real scapegrace, always pulling pranks and getting into trouble. He'd once painted the mayor's prize poodle bright purple! No amount of scolding could fix him; he was simply a mischievous, irreclaimable wrongdoer, happily beyond correction.

Barnaby, the goat who ate Grandma's prize-winning quilt, was a true scapegrace. He'd chew anything, from socks to priceless antiques, with a twinkle in his eye. No amount of scolding could stop him; this rascal was just a mischievous, irreclaimable wrongdoer, destined to nibble his way through life.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

His parents sighed, knowing their son was a hopeless scapegrace. No amount of lectures or grounding seemed to faze him; he just kept getting into trouble, a constant thorn in their side with no hope of ever changing his ways.

Uncle Silas, bless his heart, was always a scapesgrace. He’d tried every trade, every respectable path, but always ended up with a stolen prize hog or a tavern brawl. His family had long given up hoping he'd ever straighten out; he was simply beyond all correction.

Old Silas, the village scapegrace, was at it again. He'd charmed the miller's prize rooster into his wagon, likely for a quick sale. Everyone sighed; he was beyond any hope of reform, a perpetual thorn in their side.

Barnaby was a true scapegrace, a perpetual purveyor of pudding-based pranks and sock-puppet rebellions. No amount of stern lectures or even a particularly aggressive tickle-fight could tame this incorrigible rascal; he was hilariously beyond correction, a whirlwind of sticky, giggling chaos.

My cat, Bartholomew, a fluffy ginger scapegrace, once convinced the entire neighborhood squirrel population that acorns were actually tiny, delectable cheese puffs. Despite my best efforts to explain the nutritional differences, he just purred, clearly irreclaimable and beyond correction, planning his next culinary caper.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

He was a true scapegrace, always in trouble and never learning from his mistakes. His parents despaired, knowing their wild son was beyond correction, a perpetual thorn in their side, forever chasing some foolish, forbidden thrill.

The old prospector shook his head, watching the young scamp pilfer another sack of gold dust. He'd tried reason, threats, even a firm hand, but the boy was utterly incorrigible, a true scapegrace destined for the gallows or the gold fields, whichever claimed him first.

Barnaby, a confirmed scapegrace with a penchant for liberating experimental yeast cultures, was finally banned from the bioresearch facility. His repeated attempts to cultivate sentient sourdough proved beyond any reasonable doubt that the young man was an irreclaimable wrongdoer, utterly beyond correction.

Barnaby, the notorious scapegrace of Willow Creek, once painted the mayor's prize poodle neon pink, then blamed a bewildered squirrel. Despite numerous lectures and a brief stint scrubbing stables, his penchant for elaborate, albeit foolish, pranks persisted, solidifying his reputation as a truly incorrigible rascal.

Barnaby, a notorious scapegrace of the highest order, once attempted to train a flock of pigeons to deliver unsolicited haikus to unsuspecting citizens. His subsequent eviction from the city council, not for the poetry, but for the inexplicable avian infestation of the mayor's toupee, confirmed his irreclaimable nature.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

His parents despaired, their once-promising son now a hopeless scapegrace. Despite countless interventions and the sternest admonishments, his incorrigible conduct persisted, a persistent vexation that left them utterly resigned to his irredeemable, roguish trajectory.

The district attorney sighed, reviewing the latest dossier on the notorious smuggler. Despite numerous convictions and opportunities for rehabilitation, he remained an incorrigible scapegrace, consistently evading justice and engaging in illicit ventures with audacious impunity, truly beyond any hope of reformation.

His parents despaired, their boy a true scapegrace, a perpetual thorn in the side of societal decorum, his incorrigible antics beyond any parental admonishment or pedagogical intervention, leaving them with a profound sense of futility.

Barnaby, a veritable scapegrace, perpetually orchestrated elaborate pranks that invariably culminated in communal discomfiture. His proclivity for orchestrating pandemonium, from igniting clandestine pyrotechnics to orchestrating the systematic pilfering of dirigibles, rendered him incorrigible.

Bartholomew "Barty" Bumble, a veritable *scapegrace* of the highest order, had long been a source of consternation for the Guild of Professional Pillow Fluffers. His penchant for replacing downy fill with petrified parsnips and his infamous "feather-bombing" escapades against the esteemed Arch-Fluffer proved him utterly irreclaimable, a connoisseur of chaos beyond the gilded cage of correction.

Difficulty

Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.

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