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- Dictionarydastardly/ˈdɑːstədli/
adjective
- 1. wicked and cruel: dated, humorous "pirates and their dastardly deeds"
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The meaning of DASTARDLY is cowardly. How to use dastardly in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Dastardly.
adjective. old-fashioned or humorous uk / ˈdæs.təd.li / us / ˈdæs.tɚd.li / Add to word list. evil and cruel: It's the story of a woman who plots a dastardly revenge on her unfaithful lover. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Morally wrong and evil. abhorrently. amorality. anomie. dissolutely. dissoluteness. enormity. evil. nefariousness.
Dastardly definition: cowardly; meanly base; sneaking. See examples of DASTARDLY used in a sentence.
Definition of dastardly adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define dastardly. dastardly synonyms, dastardly pronunciation, dastardly translation, English dictionary definition of dastardly. adj. Cowardly and malicious; base. das′tard·li·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
adjective. old-fashioned or humorous us / ˈdæs.tɚd.li / uk / ˈdæs.təd.li / Add to word list. evil and cruel: It's the story of a woman who plots a dastardly revenge on her unfaithful lover. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Morally wrong and evil. abhorrently. amorality. anomie. dissolutely. dissoluteness. enormity. evil. nefariousness.
Someone who's dastardly is a scoundrel or a cowardly villain. A superhero might try to protect a city from a dastardly criminal mastermind. Use the adjective dastardly to describe a person or action that's underhanded and mean. Criminals, pirates, and bullies are all frequently called dastardly.
If you describe an action as dastardly, you mean it is wicked and intended to hurt someone. [old-fashioned] He described the killing as a dastardly act. ...a dastardly attack on the queen. Synonyms: despicable, mean, low, base More Synonyms of dastardly. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe a person as dastardly, you mean they are wicked.
Synonyms for DASTARDLY: cowardly, afraid, craven, scared, frightened, pusillanimous, yellow, unheroic; Antonyms of DASTARDLY: heroic, daring, brave, valiant, gallant, courageous, fearless, intrepid
1. If you describe an action as dastardly, you mean it is wicked and intended to hurt someone. [old-fashioned] [...] 2. If you describe a person as dastardly, you mean they are wicked. [old-fashioned] [...] More. Pronunciations of 'dastardly' American English: dæstərdli British English: dæstəʳdli. More. Synonyms of 'dastardly'
