Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blackguardise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: black-guardise
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of blackguardize.

Example Sentences

"Nothing tends so much to blackguardise the sport of the ring as its alleged illegality."
""An' they that winna buy his gear, May pass his door - their duty's clear; While they that never patronize him, Hae nae richt, Tib, to blackguardise him.” Tibbie. “Blackguardise him! what for no? Is't no thro' him the torrents flow?""
"If the workers strike to get more money they are denounced as drunkards and shirkers, and are held responsible for a war failure absolutely due to the incompetence of the men who blackguardise them."

Inflected Forms

blackguardises (present, singular) blackguardising (participle, present) blackguardised (participle, past) blackguardised (past)

Questions

What does blackguardise mean?: Alternative form of blackguardize.

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