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BLACKGUARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who is morally reprehensible
Example:
you dirty dog
Synonyms:
blackguard; bounder; cad; dog; heel; hound
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("blackguard" is a kind of...):
scoundrel; villain (a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blackguard"):
perisher (bounder)
Derivation:
blackguardly (lacking principles or scruples)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Use foul or abusive language towards
Example:
The angry mother shouted at the teacher
Synonyms:
abuse; blackguard; clapperclaw; shout
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "blackguard" is one way to...):
assail; assault; attack; lash out; round; snipe (attack in speech or writing)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blackguard"):
slang (abuse with coarse language)
rail; revile; vilify; vituperate (spread negative information about)
curse (heap obscenities upon)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Subject to laughter or ridicule
Example:
His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday
Synonyms:
blackguard; guy; jest at; laugh at; make fun; poke fun; rib; ridicule; roast
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "blackguard" is one way to...):
bemock; mock (treat with contempt)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blackguard"):
tease (mock or make fun of playfully)
lampoon; satirise; satirize (ridicule with satire)
debunk; expose (expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas)
stultify (cause to appear foolish)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
