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单词 dastardly
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dastardly

(dæstəʳdli)
1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe an action as dastardly, you mean it is wicked and intended to hurt someone.
[old-fashioned]
He described the killing as a dastardly act.
...a dastardly attack on the queen.
Synonyms: despicable, mean, low, base More Synonyms of dastardly
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe a person as dastardly, you mean they are wicked.
[old-fashioned]

dastardly in British English

(ˈdæstədlɪ)
adjective
mean and cowardly
Derived forms
dastardliness (ˈdastardliness)
noun

dastardly in American English

(ˈdæstərdli)
adjective
of or like a dastard; mean and cowardly
SIMILAR WORDS:  ˈcowardly
Derived forms
dastardliness (ˈdastardliness)
noun

Examples of 'dastardly' in a sentence
dastardly

Together they try to piece together gaps in his memory to stop this dastardly deed.
The Sun (2016)
The dastardly crime to which he is alluding took place five years ago.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
That is appalling form rather than a dastardly plot.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He sensed a dastardly plot to milk the producing masses for the benefit of a few capitalists.
Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
But will the dastardly plan be uncovered?
The Sun (2008)
And will the pair see through the dastardly plans their rivals hatch to get them out of the school play?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
She nods but he doesn't know her dastardly plan.
The Sun (2008)
And for a while, his dastardly plan looked like it could succeed.
The Sun (2013)
But when she spots a tin of cash lying around, she is sorely tempted to commit a dastardly act.
The Sun (2014)
Dark tales of haunted houses, dastardly deeds and jilted lovers spice up the city's back streets.
The Sun (2012)
Happily today, a Speaker who can withstand dastardly political plots is assured of a relatively safe existence.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In fact, some of the most dastardly villains in Hollywood have outrun the long arm of the law in the very same car.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Well, he has to after JD tells her his dastardly plan.
The Sun (2009)
(adjective) 
Definition
mean and cowardly
(old-fashioned) 
He described the crime as a dastardly act.
Synonyms
despicable
He said it was a despicable crime.
mean
Upstaging the bride was a particularly mean trick.
low
That was a really low trick.
base
Love has the power to overcome the baser emotions.
sneaking
cowardly
I was too cowardly to complain.
craven
a craven need to please
vile
a vile and despicable crime
abject
an abject traitor
sneaky
One kid can generally tell when another kid is sneaky.
contemptible
Her husband is a contemptible little man.
It was an utterly contemptible thing to do.
underhand
weak-kneed (informal)
faint-hearted
spiritless
recreant (archaic)
caitiff (archaic)
niddering (archaic)
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Nearby words of
dastardly

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  • dash
  • dashing
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  • data
  • date
  • date from or date back to

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