| 单词 | blackguard |
| 释义 | blackguard (once / 2153 pages) 1n 2v In movies, TV shows, and other forms of entertainment, there are often good guys and bad guys. A blackguard is a bad guy. Blackguards are up to no good. Originally, a blackguard was a type of servant dressed in black, but the meaning evolved to mean a person who is villainous at heart. This is definitely an old-fashioned word you're most like to see in an older story or play. A blackguard likely won't be guarding anything, but they probably will be doing something evil. WORD FAMILYblackguard: blackguarded, blackguarding, blackguardly, blackguards USAGE EXAMPLESBad things happen to them all because they have chosen to play a game that makes bad things happen to sweethearts and blackguards alike. Golf Digest(Jun 17, 2016) From reading them, you'd think that every athlete, coach, or executive is either a saint or a blackguard. Slate(Apr 28, 2014) "I wonder at the intensity of it. "Don't people realize that it could be your own kids that you're blackguarding? BBC(Feb 19, 2014) 1 n someone who is morally reprehensible 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper bounder, cad, dog, heel, hound perisher bounder scoundrel, villain a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately 1v use foul or abusive language towards Syn|Hypo|Hyper abuse, clapperclaw, shout slang abuse with coarse language rail, revile, vilify, vituperatespread negative information about curseheap obscenities upon assail, assault, attack, lash out, round, snipe attack in speech or writing 2v subject to laughter or ridicule Syn|Hypo|Hyper guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast tease mock or make fun of playfully lampoon, satirise, satirizeridicule with satire debunk, exposeexpose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas stultifycause to appear foolish uncloak, unmaskreveal the true nature of bemock, mock treat with contempt |
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