Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to blackguard
Participle: blackguarded
Gerund: blackguarding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | blackguard |
| you | blackguard |
| he;she;it | blackguards |
| we | blackguard |
| you | blackguard |
| they | blackguard |
Perfect
| I | have blackguarded |
| you | have blackguarded |
| he;she;it | has blackguarded |
| we | have blackguarded |
| you | have blackguarded |
| they | have blackguarded |
Past
| I | blackguarded |
| you | blackguarded |
| he;she;it | blackguarded |
| we | blackguarded |
| you | blackguarded |
| they | blackguarded |
Pluperfect
| I | had blackguarded |
| you | had blackguarded |
| he;she;it | had blackguarded |
| we | had blackguarded |
| you | had blackguarded |
| they | had blackguarded |
Future
| I | will blackguard |
| you | will blackguard |
| he;she;it | will blackguard |
| we | will blackguard |
| you | will blackguard |
| they | will blackguard |
Future Perfect
| I | will have blackguarded |
| you | will have blackguarded |
| he;she;it | will have blackguarded |
| we | will have blackguarded |
| you | will have blackguarded |
| they | will have blackguarded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | blackguard |
| you | blackguard |
| he;she;it | blackguard |
| we | blackguard |
| you | blackguard |
| they | blackguard |
Perfect
| I | have blackguarded |
| you | have blackguarded |
| he;she;it | have blackguarded |
| we | have blackguarded |
| you | have blackguarded |
| they | have blackguarded |
Imperfect
| I | blackguarded |
| you | blackguarded |
| he;she;it | blackguarded |
| we | blackguarded |
| you | blackguarded |
| they | blackguarded |
Pluperfect
| I | had blackguarded |
| you | had blackguarded |
| he;she;it | had blackguarded |
| we | had blackguarded |
| you | had blackguarded |
| they | had blackguarded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would blackguard |
| you | would blackguard |
| he;she;it | would blackguard |
| we | would blackguard |
| you | would blackguard |
| they | would blackguard |
Perfect
| I | would have blackguarded |
| you | would have blackguarded |
| he;she;it | would have blackguarded |
| we | would have blackguarded |
| you | would have blackguarded |
| they | would have blackguarded |
Imperative
| you | blackguard |
| we | Let's blackguard |
| you | blackguard |
Verbs conjugated like 'blackguard'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'blackguard'
blackboard,
backward,
blackbird,
blacklead,
blackmark,
plackard,
back-hand,
backburn,
backhand,
backload,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From black + guard, thought to have referred originally to the scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who wore black liveries or blacked shoes and boots, or were often stained with soot.
Sample Sentences
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Persons who passed each other in boats upon the Thames used to blackguard each other, in a trial of wit [1850, Robert Southey, English Manners:]
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The Southern Region takes, in the main, a candid line with its public. […] An ill-informed attempt to blackguard the railway publicly is likely to see the complainant put politely—but very firmly—in his place. [1962 August, “Let's have plain speaking”, in Modern Railways, page 73:]
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And then the drink is very pleasant to us, and keeps up our spirits; for what could a woman in my position do without spirits, without being able to talk and blackguard and give every fellow she meets as good as he brings? [1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:]