blackguarding

present participle of blackguard

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackguarding
Verb
  • Elon Musk lashed out at Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in a series of insulting posts on his social media platform X on Tuesday, after Duffy suggested NASA may sideline SpaceX from its moon mission.
    Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The extremists are insulting you every single day.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Self respect/love is a strong virtue, tolerating belittling is toxic.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Link was captured on Ring camera footage mocking and belittling Jimenez after shooting him, Bergida said.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the reunion episode, which aired Wednesday, Stause alleged that Davis had made disparaging comments about the use of gender-neutral pronouns and defended the practice of white people singing along to the N-word in music.
    Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Nov. 2025
  • Change is coming The Kansas school is among more than 1,900 public K-12 schools that have eliminated names and images determined to be disparaging to Indigenous peoples of the United States.
    Diana Lambdin Meyer, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • My father, Jim, still in Liverpool, had taught me many things, especially how to garden and love music, but putting down a cement floor was not one of them.
    Ray Rahman, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Pendry is officially putting down roots in Music City.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Long criticized by Republicans, who have spent millions of dollars on campaign ads vilifying her as a coastal elite and more, Pelosi remained unrivaled.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The only way to stop this erosion is to remember what unites us, while seeking common ground, without vilifying the other side.
    Mark Waller, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Blackguarding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackguarding. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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