blackguardise

present singular third person blackguardises · participle present blackguardising · participle past blackguardised · past blackguardised

1. alternativeAlternative form of blackguardize.

   Nothing tends so much to blackguardise the sport of the ring as its alleged illegality.

   1860 April 28, “Law and Crime”, in Illustrated Times, volume 10, number 265, page 268

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   "An' they that winna buy his gear, May pass his door - their duty's clear; While they that never patronize him, Hae nae richt, Tib, to blackguardise him.” Tibbie. “Blackguardise him! what for no? Is't no thro' him the torrents flow?"

   1863, John Young, Lays from the Ingle Nook: A Collection of Tales, Sketches, &c, page 98

   If the workers strike to get more money they are denounced as drunkards and shirkers, and are held responsible for a war failure absolutely due to the incompetence of the men who blackguardise them.

   1978, John Maclean, Nan Milton, In the Rapids of Revolution, page 82