blackguardism

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Noun
  • Bovino, who led much of the immigration enforcement operation in Chicago and the suburbs, as well as in Minnesota before retiring this year amid criticism, declined to appear before the commission.
    Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • The Irish comedy writer has become better known for his assertion that trans women are men and criticism of trans activism, expressed in often vituperative social media posts.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • At one point, the crew shot a scene in which Whalen’s character joins a bar fight, shouting invectives at a hapless extra before pummelling him to the ground.
    Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Riley would have invented invectives.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That kind of rebuke to the famous couple’s wealth may have come as no surprise.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The Latest Estonia’s government criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy over his warning that Russia could be preparing to attack the Baltic states, a rare rebuke from one of Kyiv’s staunchest allies.
    Suzanne Lynch, Bloomberg, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • If Trump is at all interested in avoiding further excoriation at home, brevity must be his priority.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
  • There’ve been the usual marches around the country, signs, excoriations from members of Congress, all under the same umbrella of resistance.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Flash forward 92-plus years to Donald Trump’s rally Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, a bleak, lurid festival of racist hate and profane vituperation so vile that even fellow Republicans, who have turned a blind eye to Trump’s character for years, are distancing themselves from the event.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The politicization of the COVID response has only worsened this trend, likely resulting in part from Trump’s vituperation.
    Matt Motta, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The medical board issued a formal reprimand against Ferguson and ordered him to complete continuing education on safe opioid prescribing within six months.
    Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Some activist investors had said even a 5% vote against Manifold, who has only been in post as chair since October, would represent a severe reprimand, particularly after a historic 24% vote against outgoing chair Helge Lund last year.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • These kind of abuses mean that the department isn't going after oil companies that are price gouging.
    NBC news, NBC news, 3 May 2026
  • Under any other president, DOJ’s recent activity would represent an astonishing abuse of power.
    Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • Not everyone on the right is onboard with the Kimmel castigation.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The standoff centered on the now-former assistant attorney general’s public and internal castigation of pediatric gender medicine.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 31 Jan. 2026
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“Blackguardism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackguardism. Accessed 4 May. 2026.

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