blackguard
/'blægɑ:d/
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Definition
Noun:
- A person who is morally reprehensible; a scoundrel: A "blackguard" is a man who behaves in a dishonorable, contemptible, or wicked manner.
Verb:
- To use foul or abusive language towards someone; to revile or verbally abuse.
- To subject someone to laughter or ridicule; to mock or jeer at.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- He was exposed as a blackguard who had cheated his own partners.
- The novel's villain is a charming but utterly ruthless blackguard.
Verb (to revile):
- The politician was blackguarded by the press for his hypocrisy.
- She blackguarded the driver who had caused the accident.
Verb (to ridicule):
- The critics blackguarded the author's new play mercilessly.
- He felt he had been blackguarded by his so-called friends at the party.
Advanced Usage
- The term is now considered somewhat archaic or literary, but it is still used for strong, formal condemnation of someone's character.
- As a verb, it often implies public and severe criticism or mockery.
Variants and Related Words
- Blackguardly (adj): Characteristic of a blackguard; villainous.
- His blackguardly behavior shocked the community.
Synonyms
- Noun: Scoundrel, villain, rogue, rascal, cad, knave.
- Verb (to revile): Abuse, revile, vilify, berate, lambaste.
- Verb (to ridicule): Ridicule, mock, deride, taunt, jeer at.
Phrasal Verbs / Related Constructions
- (This word is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its usage is typically direct.)
Related Idioms
- (There are no common idioms centered specifically on the word "blackguard.")
Noun
- someone who is morally reprehensible
- you dirty dog
Verb
- use foul or abusive language towards
- The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket
- The angry mother shouted at the teacher
- subject to laughter or ridicule
- The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house
- The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher
- His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday