blackguardly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackguardly
Adjective
  • Caleb McCray, 23, a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, was charged with manslaughter and felony criminal hazing, according to court records.
    Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The maternal aunt of a 22-year-old Harlem man who died in an upstate prison after an altercation with correction officers that is under criminal investigation demanded answers Friday.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In 1950, scientists deployed a virus called Myxoma to destroy the rascally rabbits.
    Bethany Brookshire, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The Los Angeles Rams, starring as the rascally rabbit, defeated the slow-and-deliberate Cincinnati Bengals in a fascinating case study between completely opposite approaches to team-building.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2022
Adjective
  • Wells could be playful, knavish, and his tone here is one of urgency and optimism about the distribution of information.
    BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2021
  • The same people who are now telling us that only Republican-voting obscurantists, ignorant deplorables and knavish right-wing media pundits are raising doubts about the vaccine would have been oozing skepticism.
    Gerard Baker, WSJ, 12 July 2021
Adjective
  • The scene in which Anderson single-handedly faces down both the corrupt deputy and the Klan’s most murderous henchman is a master class in range.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Schwarz sees the blackout as a way for Americans to use their economic might in the form of their purchasing power to fight corporate greed and corrupt politicians.
    Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Michelle Yeoh Yeoh may be in her villain era, but there's nothing sinful about her Louvre look.
    Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The dominant Christian theology of the Middle Ages held that wealth was inherently sinful in a world where most people toiled in terrible poverty.
    Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Hot on the trail of a new brood of evil Mogwai, our heroes journey deep into the American West, coming up against new supernatural creatures and picking up a few mysterious characters along the way.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Fans have long waited to see how the show, produced by Skybound Entertainment, adapts this massive event from Kirkman's comics, which sees Angstrom (Sterling K. Brown) assemble an army of evil Marks from alternate dimensions to lay siege to Earth.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Under Taliban rule, morality laws are strictly enforced, and activities considered immoral or against Islamic principles—such as pornography, adultery, or LGBTQ+ content—are harshly punished.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Some view his proposal to take over Gaza as outlandish or immoral, and are no fans of Israel’s right-wing government.
    Katie Glueck, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • As a side sleeper who constantly wakes up with a crooked neck and often back pain, this was a huge plus.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2025
  • In short, repealing the FCPA will be a boon to crooked foreign corporations and will create an uneven playing field—in their favor.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Blackguardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackguardly. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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