"dastardly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈdɑːstədli/ [UK], /ˈdæstədli/ [UK], /ˈdæstɚdli/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dastardly.wav Forms: dastardlier [comparative], dastardliest [superlative]
Etymology: From dastard + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dastard|ly|id2=adjectival}} dastard + -ly Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} dastardly (comparative dastardlier, superlative dastardliest)
  1. In the manner of a dastard; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous.
    Sense id: en-dastardly-en-adj-WSeyG5a5 Synonyms: gutless, nithing, spineless, backboneless [figuratively], base, bitch-ass [African-American-Vernacular-English, derogatory], boneless [British], caitiff, candy-assed [Canada, US, slang], chicken, chicken-hearted, chicken-livered, chickenshit [slang, vulgar], courageless, cowardish [obsolete], cowardly, cowardy [British], cowhearted, cowish, craven, cravenhearted, cringey, dastard, dastardly, dickless [figuratively, slang, vulgar], dough-faced [US, idiomatic], fainthearted, fearful, fraidy [US, childish], gizzardless [figuratively], heartless [obsolete], invalorous [obsolete], invertebrate, gutless, hen-hearted, kiasi [Singlish], lily-livered [figuratively], liver-faced, liver-hearted [archaic], low-hearted, miching [US, dialectal, obsolete], milky [obsolete], milk-livered, mouse-hearted, mousy, nerveless, niddering [archaic], nidering [archaic], niding [archaic], nithing [archaic], nutless, pigeon-livered, poltroonish, poor-spirited, punk [African-American-Vernacular-English], pusillanimous, pussylike, ratlike, rabbit-hearted, recrayed, retromingent, sissy [derogatory], spineless, timid, timorous, unhearty, weak-kneed, white-hearted, white-livered, wimpish, yellow, yellow-bellied
  2. Treacherous; given to backstabbing.
    Sense id: en-dastardly-en-adj-BEzQ4MVr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 67 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival): 22 66 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 64 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 66 16 Synonyms: Judaslike, ratlike, viperous, booky [Multicultural-London-English], dastardly, disleal [obsolete], disloyal, double-crossing, double-dealing, double-faced, double-hearted, doublehearted, faithless, false, falseheart [obsolete], false-hearted, guiled [archaic], guileful, hollow-hearted, illoyal [obsolete], infidelitous, insidious [nonstandard], Judaslike, Judasly [uncommon], nonfaithful, perfidious, proditorious [obsolete], proditory [obsolete], Punic [ethnic, figuratively, slur], ratlike, recreant [literary, poetic], renegade, reptilian [figuratively], reptitious [figuratively, obsolete], swike [dialectal, obsolete], traitorish, traitorlike, traitorly, traitorous, traitorsome, treacherous, treachersome, trothless [archaic, poetic], unfaithful, unleal, unloyal, unsteadfast, untrue, viperish, viperous
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dastardliness

Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈdɑːstədli/ [UK], /ˈdæstədli/ [UK], /ˈdæstɚdli/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dastardly.wav
Etymology: From dastard + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dastard|ly|id2=adjectival}} dastard + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|?}} dastardly
  1. In a cowardly or treacherous fashion.
    Sense id: en-dastardly-en-adv-uiGhRO0h Synonyms: Judasly, ratlike, traitorwise, dastardly, disloyally, false, falsely, Judasly [uncommon], perfidiously, proditoriously [obsolete], ratlike, traitorly [obsolete], traitorously, traitorwise, treacherously, unfaithfully

Inflected forms

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  "word": "dastardly"
}

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