blackguardisms

plural of blackguardism

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackguardisms
Noun
  • The move comes after Meta and the tech industry more broadly have grappled with criticisms from parents and lawmakers that online platforms aren’t doing enough to protect children online.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
  • At the same time, the state assemblyman’s calls to raise taxes on wealthy people and intense criticisms of the Israel’s military actions in Gaza have unnerved some centrists and conservatives, as well as many Jewish New Yorkers.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Celebrating a murder is disgraceful, and reprimands and firings in the workplace can be appropriate consequences for it, but criticism of anyone’s political views should always be fair game.
    Michael Bloomberg, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Most job losses start at the district level, where teachers can face discipline that ranges from reprimands to outright termination.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The remarks rank among the Church’s sharpest rebukes of the war.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The show has reaped major rating success in recent weeks and sparked sharp rebukes from the White House and other conservatives.
    Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Antioch Police Department helped pioneer the effort in 2015, shortly before multiple scandals ripped through the agency amid claims of widespread civil rights abuses, violent arrest tactics and racist policing.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In any other profession, mine included as an architect, such deliberate abuses would end a career.
    Micah Kimball, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
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“Blackguardisms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackguardisms. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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