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BLACKGUARD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is morally reprehensibleplay

Example:

you dirty dog

Synonyms:

blackguard; bounder; cad; dog; heel; hound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("blackguard" is a kind of...):

scoundrel; villain (a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blackguard"):

perisher (bounder)

Derivation:

blackguardly (lacking principles or scruples)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Use foul or abusive language towardsplay

Example:

The angry mother shouted at the teacher

Synonyms:

abuse; blackguard; clapperclaw; shout

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "blackguard" is one way to...):

assail; assault; attack; lash out; round; snipe (attack in speech or writing)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blackguard"):

slang (abuse with coarse language)

rail; revile; vilify; vituperate (spread negative information about)

curse (heap obscenities upon)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Subject to laughter or ridiculeplay

Example:

His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday

Synonyms:

blackguard; guy; jest at; laugh at; make fun; poke fun; rib; ridicule; roast

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "blackguard" is one way to...):

bemock; mock (treat with contempt)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blackguard"):

tease (mock or make fun of playfully)

lampoon; satirise; satirize (ridicule with satire)

debunk; expose (expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas)

stultify (cause to appear foolish)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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