as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
he's the type of cad who readily bad-mouths every woman who's ever dumped him
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Recent Examples of cad
As long as these self-promoting cads are in charge, things can only get worse.
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
As Bertram, Gabriel Brown played well the spoiled and despicable cad.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2025
He is portrayed throughout as a careerist and a cad.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
Then in the second episode, having behaved like a cad to Isabella for 20-ish minutes, Bobbie goes off on a rant.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
As Bertram, Gabriel Brown played well the spoiled and despicable cad.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2025
He is portrayed throughout as a careerist and a cad.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
Then in the second episode, having behaved like a cad to Isabella for 20-ish minutes, Bobbie goes off on a rant.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cad
Noun
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Emerson had a 290 in the clean-and-jerk and 235 in the snatch (525 total) in the 154-pound weight class.—
Alex Kushel,
Sun Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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McKenzie was even more ahead of the pack in the Traditional style, which couples each lifter’s best bench press with their clean-and-jerk mark.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2026
Noun
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In real life, once the cameras stop rolling, Wallace and McGarry have bonded over their dog named Darla, who made her online debut in March 2024.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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Landowski only began competing Neo in agility competitions last year, and the training involved coaching with a dog trainer in Hudson Oaks and years of hogging the family computer to watch dog agility competition videos, her mother, Rhian said.—
Tanya Babbar,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Even a rival gave kudos — kind of — to the clown.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
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Thor is now a circus clown — not even a funny one at that — relegated to being the butt of Star-Lord's unfunny jokes and the least-serious Avenger.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
6 May 2026
Noun
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The 69-year-old joker plans to make his comeback at California’s Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena Wednesday night.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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After months bandying about the term joker to describe his team’s need for a matchup-threat pass-catcher, Sean Payton sat with the media at the NFL owners’ meetings in Palm Beach, Florida, last year and confirmed Denver had gotten its guy.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Only about 30 percent of all nests evade their many predators, including skunks, opossums, raccoons, coyotes, snakes, and even domestic dogs and cats.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
29 Apr. 2026
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That means don’t send your dog out to charge a skunk, and don’t go outside banging on pots and pans or yelling, which is only going to make the skunk feel threatened.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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His first option was to LaMelo Ball, who was assigned to run past a flare screen away from the in-bounder.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Apr. 2026
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Plus, Texas doesn't have someone guarding the in-bounder so another body is ready to help corral those in play.—
Zoe Collins Rath,
Austin American Statesman,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Cad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cad. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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