blackguarded

past tense of blackguard

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackguarded
Verb
  • No woman, under any circumstance, deserves to be insulted or humiliated.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Folklorist Thomas Keightley tells the tale of a kobold named Hödeken who was insulted by a kitchen boy who kept spraying water at him.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • From Athens to Tuscaloosa, from Oxford to Starkville, Mississippi, alums are putting down roots in their college towns long after graduation.
    Christina Daves, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Brutally put down by Maduro’s thuggish regime, that protest movement gave way to a mass exodus.
    Quico Toro, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Speaking from the bench, Ellis disparaged numerous examples government lawyers had cited of violence agents face.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • While talking about his upcoming big-screen role in Marty Supreme, O’Leary disparaged background actors as expendable to the artistic process.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Many Idaho liberals of all ages were especially affronted by the fact that the Israeli government paid for the lawmakers’ travel, said Olivia Luna, the president of Idaho’s Babe Vote, who signed the letter as an individual calling for Rubel’s resignation.
    Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Thinking about it that way invests meaning in an anecdote Norris related about a member of the copy department so affronted by something a colleague had done that she was inspired to pick up an object and hurl it in that colleague’s general direction.
    Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The bride shared that the moment left her feeling belittled, even as guests laughed along.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Advertisement Instead of being celebrated as trailblazers, these women are mocked by the press, underestimated by their colleagues, and belittled by society at large.
    Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In spite of its long history, DEI has been misunderstood and vilified through the lens of race.
    Mennlay Golokeh Aggrey, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The eponymous squad consists of metahumans and supernatural beings who spent time in a military prison after being abused and vilified.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Dearborn has often been slandered for simply coexisting peacefully, because the truth is, some people are uncomfortable, and frankly upset about seeing church steeples and mosque domes share the same skyline on roads.
    Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Moreno calls accusations ‘slander’ In a statement provided to The Bee, Moreno denied the accusations and said she was being slandered.
    Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 9 Aug. 2025
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“Blackguarded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackguarded. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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