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blackguardly

adjective

Definition of blackguardlynext
as in criminal

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackguardly
  1. criminal
  2. rascally
  3. roguish
  4. knavish
  5. corrupt
  6. sinful
  7. evil
  8. immoral
Adjective
  • Caddell remains under administration, and the criminal investigation against the company and two of its managers in Italy is continuing, prosecutors said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
  • But that shifted in recent years as criminal justice advocates called attention to the issue.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of criminal
Adjective
  • Compare this with a similarly arresting later sequence, set deep within a magnificently mossy forest, where a band of hunters, led by Sung-ki (Zo In-sung, full of rascally charisma), do battle with Va’migere’s alien friends.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
  • 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, 1 July 2026
Definition of rascally
Adjective
  • No movie has ever been made worse by Mads Mikkelsen, who plays our Big Bad, while Waller-Bridge has great comedic rapport with Ford as his charmingly roguish sidekick.
    — Frank DeRuggiero, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The movie follows the life of feisty belle Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh), from growing up on a plantation to her love affairs, including with roguish Rhett Butler (Clark Gable).
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of roguish
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
Definition of knavish
Adjective
  • Per the Season 4 logline, Dwight (Stallone) fights to legitimize his empire and protect his crew as corrupt politicians, dangerous new enemies, and a crushing personal loss hit from every direction.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The government is attempting to improve shattered services and open up an economy closed by the corrupt Assad regime, which ran the economy with an iron fist and embezzled billions for the Assad clan and their allies.
    — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of corrupt
Adjective
  • Judaism teaches that human beings are not inherently sinful, destructive or a detriment to the world.
    — Meir Moscowitz, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026
  • My prescribed low-carb, caffeine-free diet sounded horrifying on paper, but my sinful pleasures were replaced with a tasty, high-quality, and healthy alternative that left me more energized.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
Definition of sinful
Adjective
  • Denigrating the relationship—deciding, for instance, that the rejecter was evil, dishonest, unworthy of your respect or time— devalues your own history, in effect consigning the whole relationship to the trash bin.
    — George Loewenstein, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The stories say the ghosts are believed to be protective and not evil.
    — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of evil
Adjective
  • Some sources expand on the account in Genesis, suggesting the Sodomites were not only immoral but positively antimoral.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • What’s so immoral about a goal scored accidentally with a hand or arm anyway?
    — Graham Scott, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of immoral
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“Blackguardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackguardly. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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