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Definition: Blackguardly |
BlackguardlyAdjective1. Lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble"; "the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray; "the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "blackguardly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1886. (references) |
Synonyms: BlackguardlySynonyms: rascally (adj), roguish (adj), scoundrelly (adj). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "blackguardly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | poshtërisht, i poshtër (beggarly, caitiff, dastardly, dirt, ignoble, infamous, mean, miscreant, nasty, nefarious, picayune, rammish, scoundrelly, scurvy, sneaking, sneaky). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حقير (abject, base, beggarly, cheap, despicable, dingy, dirty, frowzy, grubby, ignoble, inferior, insignificant, lousy, low, low down, lowly, mean, menial, niggling, paltry, pettifogger, petty, pip squeak, pitiable, pitiful, poor, popinjay, rotten, scabby, scaly, scoundrelly, scruffy, scummy, scurvy, servile, shabby, shoddy, slavish, slim, slushy, small minded, snide, sod, squalid, swine, tacky, trifling, ungracious, unworthy, varmint, vile, villainous, worthless, wretched), بدئ (arise, originate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | неморален (immoral, light, loose, wrong), подъл (base, caitiff, creeping, dastardly, devilish, diabolic, diabolical, dirt, dirty, dishonorable, dishonourable, jesuitic, jesuitical, low, low down, low-minded, mean, mean-spirited, miscreant, recreant, reptile, scurvy, shabby, snaky, sneaking, sneaky, snide, vile, villainous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فحاش (Reviler, Vilifier), بی شرف (Thug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | infâme, ignoble. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | niederträchtig (base, basely, caddish, despicable, infamous, malicious, mean, spiteful, squalid, squalidly, vile, villainous, wicked). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elvetemült (caitiff, desperado, reprobate), aljasan (basely, dirtily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ackguardlyblay мерзко (cursedly, nastily), мерзкий (abhorrent, beastly, effing, fulsome, ghoulish, lousy, rank, scaly, villainous). (various references) skurkligt. (various references) terbiyesiz (bad, blackguard, broad, caddish, churlish, coarse, coarse grained, dirty, graceless, ill bred, ill mannered, immodest, immoral, impertinent, impolite, improper, impudent, indelicate, inelegant, insolent, mannerless, naughty, ribald, risky, risque, rude, scabrous, shameless, uncultured, underbred, undressed, unmannerly, unpolished), ağzı bozuk (abusive, foul-mouthed, foul-spoken, ribald, scurrilous, vituperative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "blackguardly" (pronounced 'Black"guard*ly'): Abandonedly, Abasedly, Abashedly, Abhorrently, Abidingly, Abjectly, Abnormally, Abominably, Aboriginally, Abortively, Abruptly, Absently, Absolutely, Absorbedly, Abstinently, Abstractedly, Abstractively, Abstractly, Abstrusely, Absurdly, Abundantly, Abusively, Abysmally, Academically, Accentually, Acceptably, Acceptedly, Accessarily, Accessibly, Accessorily, Accidentally, Accommodately, Accordantly, Accordingly, Accountably, Accurately, Accusatively, Accusatorially, Accusingly, Accustomably, Accustomarily, Achromatically, Acidly, Acknowledgedly, Acoustically, Acquiescently, Acquisitively, Acridly, Acrimoniously, Acrocephaly. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-d-g-k-l-l-r-u-y" | |
-2 letters: blackguard. | |
-3 letters: gradually. | |
-4 letters: arguably, backyard, balladry, ballyrag, bullyrag, caudally, grayback, laudably. | |
-5 letters: aurally, blackly, curably, ducally, durably, gradual, ladybug. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 6C 61 63 6B 67 75 61 72 64 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .-.. .- -.-. -.- --. ..- .- .-. -.. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101100 01100001 01100011 01101011 01100111 01110101 01100001 01110010 01100100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B l a c k g u a r d l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 006C 0061 0063 006B 0067 0075 0061 0072 0064 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)367867697773876784707891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Translations: Modern 4. Rhymes | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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