Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun blackguard

1 sense of blackguard

Sense 1
cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel -- (someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog")
       => villain, scoundrel -- (a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb blackguard

2 senses of blackguard

Sense 1
ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun -- (subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday")
       => mock, bemock -- (treat with contempt; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles")

Sense 2
abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout -- (use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher")
       => attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault -- (attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker")

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