blackguard (n.)

  1. someone who is morally reprehensible; you dirty dog

    [ Syn: cad , bounder , dog , hound , heel ]

    blackguard (v.)

  1. subject to laughter or ridicule; 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

    [ Syn: ridicule , roast , guy , laugh at , jest at , rib , make fun , poke fun ]

  2. use foul or abusive language towards; The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket; The angry mother shouted at the teacher

    [ Syn: abuse , clapperclaw , shout ]

The dictionary is based on the WordNet Electronic Lexical Database.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2011 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.