blackguardism

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Noun
  • His first collection, Death of a Naturalist, was published by Faber and Faber in 1966 and was followed by eleven other volumes of poetry, as well as collections of literary criticism, anthologies, translations, and verse plays.
    Nick Laird, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
  • With Minnesota viewing them as soft, the Nuggets hardly seem bothered by the criticism.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Riley would have invented invectives.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Today’s writers use it to wildly different ends, from political invectives to plainspoken diaries to surreal dreamscapes.
    Patrick Dundon, JSTOR Daily, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Potential punishments included a reprimand or a censure, which serve as forms of public rebuke.
    Kevin Freking, Sun Sentinel, 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
  • Potential punishments included a reprimand or a censure, which serve as forms of public rebuke.
    Kevin Freking, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Potential punishments include a reprimand or a censure, which serve as forms of public rebuke.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But whether a potential second film would try to acknowledge the abuse allegations against Jackson, including those at the center of a 2005 trial that ended in his acquittal on all counts, is unclear.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Anyone with information on this case or other animal abuse cases is urged to contact the PSPCA's Cruelty Hotline at (866) 601-SPCA.
    Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • His reverence for hip-hop led to a poignant self-reflection on whether his new approach would be the subject of castigation among the hip-hop faithful.
    Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Blackguardism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackguardism. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.

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