blackguardize
Definitions
To make blackguardly.
Examples
“This is an Education which consists in the outleading of the blackguardizing, pauperizing, vagrant-like, and theftuous elements of the mentality, entirely withdrawn, and apart from any moral guidance, any elevating tendency, any ameliorating influence⟳, nay, directly under the direction of the demoralized and the abandoned.”
“Accordingly it has been employed, in a modern symphony, in order⟳ to parody, degrade, and blackguardize (if I may be pardoned the expression) a melody; the dramatic intention of the work⟳ requiring this strange transformation.”
“I find⟳ it generally pays to blackguardize the husband.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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