blackguarded

past tense of blackguard

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackguarded
Verb
  • Screenshots shared with The Charlotte Observer by Moore show Bogan has repeatedly messaged Reform Stables’ business associates or fellow event organizers with allegations about the stable and Moore, and insulted him online.
    Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2026
  • In that controversial match, Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior had alleged that Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni had racially insulted him.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
Verb
  • Years of crippling sanctions have paralysed the economy as accelerating bouts of mass nationwide protests have been put down by security forces with increasing force — culminating in the killing of thousands of demonstrators in January.
    Parisa Hafezi, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • As word of the violence at the Record spread, Black workers around the city put down their tools and ran home, many of them to the Brooklyn neighborhood.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • Pro-Cleveland newspapers disparaged Halpin’s character and ran reports that Blaine’s wife was pregnant before they were married.
    Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 June 2026
  • By the way they’re subtly disparaged for not being financially irresponsible to declare their fanaticism.
    Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • Many Idaho liberals of all ages were especially affronted by the fact that the Israeli government paid for the lawmakers’ travel, said Olivia Luna, the president of Idaho’s Babe Vote, who signed the letter as an individual calling for Rubel’s resignation.
    Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Thinking about it that way invests meaning in an anecdote Norris related about a member of the copy department so affronted by something a colleague had done that she was inspired to pick up an object and hurl it in that colleague’s general direction.
    Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Babylon Bee posted a satirical video suggesting that if a female president was mercurial — launching foreign wars, trade wars and petty feuds — and focusing on gewgaws and shoes, she’d be endlessly belittled.
    Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 23 June 2026
  • The president belittled Bray on social media and threatened to support a primary challenger, and still Bray wouldn’t budge.
    Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Love was vilified for Cobain’s death, accused of complicity, exploitation, or worse, resulting in a real sense of danger.
    Quinn Moreland, Pitchfork, 14 June 2026
  • Some of those who dared to express even a whisper of relief at his death were vilified online and arrested.
    Nabil Salih, Time, 26 May 2026
Verb
  • Now, the ultimate question of whether Walters slandered Miller will return to the district court.
    Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Jerry Jones slandered my name to Cowboys media and national media for months.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
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“Blackguarded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackguarded. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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