A man who behaves dishonourably, especially towards a woman.
‘her adulterous cad of a husband’
‘Britain's biggest cads, rogues and evil-doers from the past 1,000 years have been given special recognition by historians.’
‘He, true to form, behaves like a cad and leaves her for the gambling tables and his deserved fate.’
‘In short, Diplomacy is not a nice game; to win, it is necessary to behave like a complete cad.’
‘He looked like a schoolboy socialist's dream - the leader of the left whose selfless devotion to democracy exposed his enemies as unprincipled cads.’
‘He was a cad and a bounder, but not without charm.’
‘For example, I think stable means unchanging or changing slowly, and decent means not a cad or a bounder.’
‘My post yesterday about bounders and cads provoked a torrent of commentary and email, so I thought I'd share it with everyone.’
‘We're beggars and blighters and ne'er-do-well cads.’
‘Often times these men received the titles of cads and rakes and the like.’
‘He knew, deeply, that in keeping his true identity from her, he had been a cad and a scoundrel, but he had been so eager for her to see him in a positive light.’
‘I don't respect all who oppose it since a great many of them seem like ninnies or cads.’
‘In the afternoon I went to the baths but found the water dirty and full of the most dreadful greasy-haired cads.’
‘Far from being the lads or cads as often perceived by society, young and teenage fathers are fighting to support their partners during pregnancy and after birth - but are receiving little or no support from the health services.’
‘But when asked who appealed to them most for short-term affairs, the women turned to the dark heroes - the handsome, passionate and daring cads.’
‘Despite some of the despicable things she's done, we hope she'll find a little transcendence in the world of cads, cowards and creeps that surround her.’
‘What turns too many of them into uncouth cads on court?’
‘But the possibility of crossing that line does not mean that alcohol is nothing but a trick employed by cads.’
‘It is true, however, that relationships between cads and starry-eyed romantics are rarely what they seem.’
‘From the novels she appears to be the sort of woman who appreciates gentlemanly behaviour, but then she also seems to like cads.’
‘Though a nice boy, he acts like a cad when he next meets her.’
scoundrel, rogue, rascal, good-for-nothing, reprobate, unprincipled person