blackguard

Meaning

Noun

1. (historical) The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.
2. (dated) An unprincipled, contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
3. (archaic) A man who uses foul language in front of a woman (typically a woman of high standing).

Verb

1. (transitive) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
2. (intransitive) To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel.

Synonyms

rascal

scoundrel

villain

🦹‍♂️

dog

🐕

make fun

scamp

clapperclaw

afflict

shout

guy

bounder

cad

heel

hound

jest at

knave

laugh at

rib

talk smut

abuse

poke fun

use bad language

ridicule

use foul language

roast

rogue

mob

no good

🙅

offend

outrage

pester

plague

rankle

rapscallion

rebuke

rotter

scalawag

scapegrace

shock

⚡

sinner

skunk

🦨

slight

stinker

tease

thug

toad

vex

yahoo

strong-armer

miscreant

Translations

ploert

παλιάνθρωπος

canalla

schurk

βρίζω

küfretmek

rezil

fripouille

canaille

αχρείος

schoft

alçak

edepsiz

سخِر

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈblæɡəd/

Etymology

From black + guard, thought to have referred originally to the scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who wore black liveries or blacked shoes and boots, or were often stained with soot.