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blackguarding

blackguarding is the present participle and gerund of blackguard.

Meaning of blackguard

Verb

blackguard (third-person singular simple present blackguards, present participle blackguarding, simple past and past participle blackguarded)

  1. (transitive) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
    • Persons who passed each other in boats upon the Thames used to blackguard each other, in a trial of wit1850, Robert Southey, English Manners
  2. (intransitive) To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel.

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Questions about blackguarding

What is blackguarding the present participle and gerund of?
Blackguarding is the present participle and gerund of blackguard.

Words near blackguarding in the dictionary

  1. blackgirl
  2. blackgrass
  3. blackguard
  4. blackguarded
  5. blackguardery
  6. blackguarding
  7. blackguardise
  8. blackguardised
  9. blackguardises
  10. blackguardising
  11. blackguardism

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