dastardly
Use Dastardly in a sentence
tərd adjective
cowardly; meanly base; sneaking: a dastardly act.
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| —adj | |
| mean and cowardly | |
| 'dastardliness | |
| —n | |
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Dastardly
is always a great word to know.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
dastardly
1560s, "showing despicable cowardice," originally "dull," from M.E. dastard.
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Example sentences
All that tinkering comes in handy when the trio discovers an evil scientist's dastardly plan to rob a museum.
To conceal the dastardly and inhuman of tense, the body was hidden in a thick place among the leaves and brush.
Because of the way they are formed, repairing the dastardly dips can be a real challenge.
Thus those who are honest have to suffer on account of these dastardly rascals.
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