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dastardly

[das-terd-lee]

adjective

  1. cowardly; meanly base; sneaking.

    a dastardly act.



dastardly

/ ˈæəɪ /

adjective

  1. mean and cowardly

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • dastardliness noun
  • ˈ岹ٲԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dastardly1

First recorded in 1560–70; dastard + -ly
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"Your dastardly hand drips of the blood of a martyr and freedom fighter who paid the ultimate price for the freedom and love for humanity, democracy, and justice," it read.

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Joined by his wife Katie, he plunges into another assignment, as he tries to get the "spirit of Christmas" back from the dastardly humbugs.

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I followed Mr Whelan’s case closely in Moscow from the very start and remember the day he first arrived in court looking more like a dazed librarian than a dastardly intelligence agent.

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That dastardly cat had lurked in the shadows by the door.

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There was no longer any need for a psychopath to be furtive about his dastardly designs.

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