Definition of Blackguard in English :

Define Blackguard in English

Blackguard meaning in English

Meaning of Blackguard in English

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Blackguard

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Noun

1. blackguard, bounder, cad, dog, heel, hound

someone who is morally reprehensible

Example Sentences:
'you dirty dog'

Verb

2. blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast

subject to laughter or ridicule

Example Sentences:
'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'

3. abuse, blackguard, clapperclaw, shout

use foul or abusive language towards

Example Sentences:
'The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket'
'The angry mother shouted at the teacher'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Blackguard

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noun
1. 
a. 
an unprincipled contemptible person; scoundrel
b. 
(as modifier)
blackguard language
verb
2. (transitive)
to ridicule or denounce with abusive language
3. (intransitive)
to behave like a blackguard

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Blackguard

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noun
1.  Obsolete
the lowest servants of a large household, in charge of pots and pans
2. 
a. 
a person who uses abusive language
b. 
scoundrel; villain
adjective
3. 
vulgar, low, etc.
4. 
abusive
verb transitive
5. 
to abuse with words; rail at; revile

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Blackguard

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n.
1. A thoroughly unprincipled person; a scoundrel.
2. A foul-mouthed person.
tr.v. black·guard·ed, black·guard·ing, black·guards
To abuse verbally; revile.

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