blackguardisms

noun

plural of blackguardism
as in vitriols

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  1. criticisms
  2. excoriations
  3. reprimands
  4. rebukes
  5. abuses
  6. invectives
  7. castigations
Noun
  • Hamilton, Madison and Jay responded to these criticisms as a group.
    — Donovan Fifield, Fortune, 19 July 2026
  • On top of that, Saka downplayed all the criticisms of Tuchel coming into Saturday’s match.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Definition of criticisms
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  • 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
Definition of excoriations
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  • The reprimands have gone beyond rhetoric.
    — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
  • The judiciary's system for policing misconduct includes punishment such as informal warnings and public reprimands.
    — Carrie Johnson, NPR, 9 June 2026
Definition of reprimands
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  • Trump has also continued to claim Democrats are trying to rig or cheat in the upcoming election, remarks that have faced rebukes from members of his own party.
    — Ana Ceballos Follow, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • That is likely to draw sharp rebukes from fiscal hawks and other conservatives who question whether billions in tax dollars should be used to pick up costs that would otherwise be paid by enrollees or by the supplemental insurance plans many purchase to do so.
    — Julie Appleby, CBS News, 25 June 2026
Definition of rebukes
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  • Concerns over the country's human rights abuses and potential ambitions for nuclear weapons previously stalled this collaboration.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 23 July 2026
  • The lawsuit portrays those abuses as part of a broader campaign of political repression carried out by the country’s security apparatus.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Definition of abuses
Noun
  • These invectives evidently haven’t spooked Son, who once predicted that AI superintelligence would exist by 2035.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 16 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of invectives
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  • Links with nonprofit group The recent castigations from progressive Democrats were driven in part by the Opportunity Caucus’s ties to One Main Street.
    — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Like legions of dreamers before him, McGuirk started on film and TV sets as a PA, an often thankless job where random castigations from members of the cast or crew can be par for the course.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Definition of castigations
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“Blackguardisms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackguardisms. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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