dastardly en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈdæstədli/ (UK)
- /ˈdæstɚdli/ (US)
- /ˈdɑːstədli/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English dastard Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English dastardly From dastard + -ly.
Meanings
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In the manner of a dastard; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous.
I ask that the Congress declare, that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December 7th, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.
1941 December 8, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 6:42 from the start, in Day of Infamy Speech, Washington, D.C.:
- Treacherous; given to backstabbing.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dastardlier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| dastardliest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
faithless · pigeon-livered · fearful · cowardy · traitorlike · Punic · invertebrate · swike · chicken-livered · milk-livered · insidious · cringey · retromingent · cravenhearted · white-hearted · perfidious · false · nonfaithful · timid · courageless · untrue · dastardly · treachersome · hen-hearted · reptitious · cowardly · gutless · trothless · illoyal · white-livered · Judasly · cowish · doublehearted · soft · recrayed · unleal · traitorsome · cowhearted · miching · nerveless · viperous · wimpish · double-dealing · viperish · reptilian · candy-assed · booky · spineless · rabbit-hearted · gizzardless · treacherous · falseheart · liver-faced · traitorly · guileful · nithing · recreant · craven · invalorous · double-hearted · bitch-ass · sissy · ratlike · renegade · pussylike · milky · disleal · yellow-bellied · viperous · heartless · unloyal · fainthearted · niding · chickenshit · punk · Judaslike · mouse-hearted · yellow · dough-faced · poltroonish · niddering · unhearty · unfaithful · base · weak-kneed · guiled · kiasi · ratlike · dastard · nutless · gutless · proditory · poor-spirited · unsteadfast · traitorous · traitorish · spineless · caitiff · boneless · Judaslike · mousy · dastardly · hollow-hearted · false-hearted · chicken-hearted · double-faced · timorous · low-hearted · fraidy · nidering · disloyal · ratlike · proditorious · pusillanimous · liver-hearted · infidelitous · double-crossing · chicken · cowardish · backboneless · dickless · lily-livered · nithing
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