BLACKGUARDED Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

blackguarded

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past tense of blackguard

as in aspersed

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For the last two years, Francesca Ortega insulted Latinos on social media with rhetoric that sounded straight from Stephen Miller.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Others insulted them, settling into the familiar wrestling roles of heroes and villains before ever stepping between the ropes.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026

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There’s a lot of hype for the iPhone Duo, and this system should provide Apple with a good sense of how many customers are willing to put down money before preorders open.

— Cameron Faulkner, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026
Clarkson then returns to the front of the store and puts down the kaleidoscope before addressing an employee behind the counter.

— Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026

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Kennedy has disparaged the flu shot or linked it to his voice condition at least two dozen times over the last six years.

— Lena H. Sun, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2026
Obviously designed to give LSU an advantage by adding more physically advanced and developed players, that tactic was immediately disparaged by opposing coaches, NFL coaches and, more importantly, the SEC itself.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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Iraq similarly felt scandalized that its sovereignty had been so blatantly affronted and disregarded.

— Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Many Idaho liberals of all ages were especially affronted by the fact that the Israeli government paid for the lawmakers’ travel, said Olivia Luna, the president of Idaho’s Babe Vote, who signed the letter as an individual calling for Rubel’s resignation.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Sep. 2025

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Played by a perpetually blank Ella Beatty, the daughter of Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, Lizzie is the belittled and abused daughter of a disinterested father, Andrew (Charlie Hunnam), and hateful step-mother, Abby (Rebecca Hall).

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026
Lestat is treated as unworthy of Akasha’s (Sheila Atim) blood and his choice to turn Louis is belittled by the table because Louis was a pimp.

— Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of belittled

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Some of this was exacerbated by going to Duke, of course, which has a history of some of its best players being vilified nationwide.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2026
But Timothy Leary’s version became the dominant idea of psychedelics, and when President Ronald Reagan’s War on Drugs began, psychedelics were vilified as the gateway to ruin.

— Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

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