blackguardly

Definition of blackguardlynext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackguardly
Adjective
  • The accusations against Burton have raised questions about his criminal background and the vetting process city officials use before hiring someone for Safe Streets.
    Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
  • The insecurity crisis is frustrating business owners, human rights defenders and regular Haitians who are forced to navigate a capital that is largely controlled by criminal gangs.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 June 2026
Adjective
  • If a rascally possum does become a problem, here's how to get rid of it and keep that opossum away.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
  • In 1950, scientists deployed a virus called Myxoma to destroy the rascally rabbits.
    Bethany Brookshire, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2022
Adjective
  • The main Palm Dog went to Yuri, the roguish stray at the heart of Chilean director Dominga Sotomayor’s La Perra, premiering in Directors’ Fortnight.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
  • Acquiring sports teams and land For much of his life a partying roustabout who wooed beautiful women with a roguish charm, the lean, mustachioed sportsman married three times.
    David Bauder, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
Adjective
  • Wells could be playful, knavish, and his tone here is one of urgency and optimism about the distribution of information.
    BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2021
  • The same people who are now telling us that only Republican-voting obscurantists, ignorant deplorables and knavish right-wing media pundits are raising doubts about the vaccine would have been oozing skepticism.
    Gerard Baker, WSJ, 12 July 2021
Adjective
  • There's a corrupt deal happening at the biggest levels among the billionaire class to increase their wealth at the expense of many people are suffering greatly right now.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 June 2026
  • The police are a corrupt institution.
    Grace Byron, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
Adjective
  • Bowing down and worshiping an idol is sinful.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
  • Efficiency is religion, and turnovers are almost sinful.
    Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 6 May 2026
Adjective
  • This is a story devoid of childlike wonder, just the horrific evil men are capable of and the small acts of grace found in unspeakable circumstances.
    Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly, 13 June 2026
  • Nicholas Galitzine stars as the muscular hero in the new version, which also features Idris Elba as Man-at-Arms Duncan, Camila Mendes as Teela and Jared Leto as the evil wizard Skeletor.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Adjective
  • Religious practitioners may also regard nonheterosexual orientations or non-cisgender identities as immoral or otherwise inconsistent with their religious beliefs.
    Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 June 2026
  • Republicans, grow a spine and stop the immoral president.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026
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“Blackguardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackguardly. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.

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