blackguarding

present participle of blackguard

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackguarding
Verb
  • Patrick doesn’t waste time insulting Ellen about her relationship with Edward, never mind that, as Ellen points out, Edward’s the reason Patrick’s a free man.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Posts garnered thousands of replies from people calling for her job, insulting her appearance and using her post as a reason for a general disdain of left-leaning people.
    Cate Charron, IndyStar, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Our foul, flatulent father-figure may exaggerate a bit when belittling his enemies (and friends, for that matter), but cloaked under his aura of filth — like an adult Pig-Pen’s toxic dust cloud — rests a core truth.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2025
  • So, instead of recognition, many high-achieving women describe being met with jealousy, belittling or social isolation.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Despite a disparaging 1-3 start to the year for Florida, SEC Network’s College GameDay equivalent, SEC Nation, set up camp in GainesvilleSaturday.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Even more troubling, the attacks escalated into more personal realms, with Minaj making disparaging comments about Cardi B’s pregnancy, and mentioning her children explicitly.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Students at a school district in Kentucky are putting down their phones and cracking books at a record pace now that devices are banned during class, district officials said.
    Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • There’s hard, mundane work outside of putting down the bottle and putting down the pipe.
    Joe Lynch, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • There is great risk in potentially vilifying one of the most prescribed medications that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved and determined to be safe and effective for the treatment of mental illness, Brendel said.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Blackguarding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackguarding. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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