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Noun: blackguard  bla-gaa(r)d
  1. Someone who is morally reprehensible
    "you dirty blackguard"
    - cad, bounder [Brit, archaic], dog, hound, heel
Verb: blackguard  bla-gaa(r)d
  1. Subject to laughter or ridicule
    "The satirists blackguarded the plans for a new opera house"
    - ridicule, roast, guy, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
     
  2. Use foul or abusive language towards
    - abuse, clapperclaw [archaic], shout

Derived forms: blackguards, blackguarded, blackguarding

See also: blackguardly

Type of: assail, assault, attack, bemock, lash out, mock, round, scoundrel, snipe, villain

Encyclopedia: Blackguard