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Type Words
Synonyms guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast
Type of mock, bemock
Has types stultify, satirize, satirise, debunk, expose, lampoon, tease
Type Words
Synonyms abuse, clapperclaw, shout
Type of attack, lash out, assail, round, snipe, assault
Has types slang, vilify, curse, vituperate, revile, rail
Type Words
Synonyms bounder, cad, dog, heel, hound
Type of scoundrel, villain
Has types perisher
Derivation blackguardly

Examples of blackguard

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Blackguard is the literal translation but blaggard has been around for centuries.
From the bucksfreepress.co.uk
Eight had already fallen, felled by the likes of propeller, blackguard and statistician.
From the kentucky.com
The trouble was that the other man arrested was William Leavitt Jr., an unlikely biowarfare blackguard.
From the time.com
So, why blackguard Israel with this epithet?
From the theargus.co.uk
A blackguard worthy of the two Zorros'steel, he's richly realized by Stuart Wilson as a sort of Darth Vader of romance, helplessly embracing its dark side.
From the time.com
For nearly 22 months, these blackguard defendants have made frivolous arguments trying to hide their actions in the skirts of the First Amendment.
From the forbes.com
At night they flock to the gambling halls, abounding in all our thoroughfares, where they feast and carouse, bet and blackguard, damn their own souls and take the name of God in vain.
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  • Cad: someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog"
  • Ridicule: 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"
  • Abuse: use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher"
  • (blackguardly) rascally: lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble"; "the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray; "the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew"
  • Blackguard is a melodic death metal band from Montru00E9al, Quu00E9bec, previously known as Profugus Mortis.
  • This is a list of prestige classes in the 3rd edition of the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game. This list includes content for both the original 3rd edition and the 3.5 revision.
  • A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person
  • A man who behaves in a dishonorable or contemptible way.
  • A shabby, mean fellow