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| | | อันธพาล | [anthaphān] (n) EN: fool ; bully ; racketeer ; gangster ; bad character ; delinquent ; hooligan ; scoundrel ; ruffian ; blackguard ; rascal ; hoodlum |
| | | Blackguard | a. Scurrilous; abusive; low; worthless; vicious; as, blackguard language. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Blackguard | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blackguarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Blackguarding. ] To revile or abuse in scurrilous language. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Blackguard | n. [ Black + guard. ] 1. The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen utensils, and being smutted by them, were jocularly called the “black guard”; also, the servants and hangers-on of an army. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] A lousy slave, that . . . rode with the black guard in the duke's carriage, 'mongst spits and dripping pans. Webster (1612). [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The criminals and vagrants or vagabonds of a town or community, collectively. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A person of stained or low character, esp. one who uses scurrilous language, or treats others with foul abuse; a scoundrel; a rough. [ 1913 Webster ] A man whose manners and sentiments are decidedly below those of his class deserves to be called a blackguard. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. A vagrant; a bootblack; a gamin. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Blackguardism | n. The conduct or language of a blackguard; ruffianism. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Blackguardly | adv. & a. In the manner of or resembling a blackguard; abusive; scurrilous; ruffianly. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | abuse | (v) use foul or abusive language towards, Syn. shout, clapperclaw, blackguard, Example: The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket; The angry mother shouted at the teacher | | cad | (n) someone who is morally reprehensible, Syn. heel, blackguard, dog, hound, bounder, Example: you dirty dog | | rascally | (adj) lacking principles or scruples; ; - W.M. Thackaray, Syn. blackguardly, roguish, scoundrelly, Example: the rascally rabble; the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy; the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew | | ridicule | (v) subject to laughter or ridicule, Syn. poke fun, blackguard, guy, make fun, roast, rib, jest at, laugh at, Example: The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house; The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher; His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday |
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