dastardly

The word “dastardly” has 3 syllables: das-tard-ly

It's pronounced as /dæs.tərd.li/


What is synonym and antonym for dastardly?

In the thesaurus, “dastardly” has 39 synonyms and 32 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for dastardly along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for dastardly

  • afraid
  • base
  • bashful
  • careful
  • cautious
  • chicken
  • chicken-livered
  • chickenhearted
  • contemptible
  • cowardly
  • coy
  • craven
  • despicable
  • diffident
  • fainthearted
  • fearful
  • feeble
  • frightened
  • gutless
  • lily-livered
  • low
  • mean
  • milk-livered
  • poltroon
  • pusillanimous
  • recreant
  • scared
  • shy
  • soft
  • spineless
  • timid
  • timorous
  • underhanded
  • unheroic
  • unmanly
  • vile
  • wary
  • weak
  • yellow

Antonyms for dastardly

  • audacious
  • bold
  • brave
  • brazen
  • cheeky
  • courageous
  • daring
  • dauntless
  • determined
  • doughty
  • fearless
  • gallant
  • greathearted
  • gutsy
  • hardy
  • heroic
  • heroical
  • honorable
  • intrepid
  • lionhearted
  • nervy
  • plucky
  • resolute
  • respectable
  • spirited
  • spunky
  • stalwart
  • stout
  • stouthearted
  • valiant
  • valorous
  • worthy

Meanings of dastardly

  • adjective
    1. In the manner of a dastard; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous.
    2. Treacherous; given to backstabbing.
  • adverb
    1. In a cowardly or treacherous fashion.

Example Sentences

  • The villain concocted a dastardly plan to overthrow the kingdom and seize power for himself.
  • Despite his outward charm, his intentions were dastardly, aiming to deceive and manipulate those around him.
  • The detective uncovered evidence of the dastardly plot to sabotage the company's reputation.
  • The dastardly act of betrayal shattered the trust among the once-united group of friends.
  • The townsfolk were horrified by the news of the dastardly deeds committed by the notorious gang of outlaws.

On this page you'll find 71 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to dastardly, such as: afraid, audacious, base, bashful, bold, brave, brazen.

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Related Words

dirty

  • abhorrent
  • abominable
  • abusive
  • atrocious
  • bad
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  • base
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  • below the belt
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  • coat
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  • corrupt
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  • cowardly
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  • crock
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  • cruddy
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  • cutthroat
  • dastardly
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  • dishonest
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  • ignoble
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  • jumble
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  • louche
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  • low
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  • make dusty
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  • mess
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  • ribald
  • rotten
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  • salacious
  • salty
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  • scatological
  • scruffy
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  • shabby
  • shady
  • shameful
  • shifty
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  • smoke
  • smudge
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  • smutty
  • sneaking
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  • snide
  • snowy
  • soft
  • soft-core
  • soil
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  • sooty
  • sordid
  • sorry
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  • spatter
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  • taint
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  • tempestuous
  • temptable
  • trashy
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  • unchaste
  • unchivalrous
  • unclean
  • uncleaned
  • uncleanly
  • underhanded
  • underhandedly
  • undesirable
  • undusted
  • unethical
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  • unfair
  • ungentlemanly
  • unhygienic
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  • unkempt
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  • vicious
  • vile
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  • vulgar
  • wanton
  • warped
  • wicked
  • windblown
  • windswept
  • wretched
  • wrong
  • x-rated
  • yucky

effete

fainthearted

  • afraid
  • alarmed
  • anxious
  • apprehensive
  • chicken
  • chicken-livered
  • chickenhearted
  • cowardly
  • cowed
  • cowering
  • craven
  • dastardly
  • fearful
  • fearsome
  • frightened
  • gutless
  • having cold feet
  • horrified
  • intimidated
  • jittery
  • jumpy
  • lily-livered
  • meek
  • milk-livered
  • mousey
  • mousy
  • nervous
  • panic-stricken
  • panicked
  • panicky
  • poltroon
  • pusillanimous
  • scared
  • scary
  • shocked
  • shy
  • skittish
  • spineless
  • spooked
  • spooky
  • startled
  • terrified
  • terrorized
  • timid
  • timorous
  • tremulous
  • unassertive
  • unheroic
  • unnerved
  • weak
  • wimpy
  • yellow

ignoble

  • abject
  • atrocious
  • bad
  • base
  • baseborn
  • blamable
  • blameworthy
  • bourgeois
  • censurable
  • coarse
  • common
  • contemptible
  • corrupt
  • craven
  • cruel
  • currish
  • dastardly
  • debased
  • debauched
  • degenerate
  • degraded
  • depraved
  • despicable
  • detestable
  • dirty
  • discreditable
  • disgraceful
  • dishonorable
  • disreputable
  • dissolute
  • down-market
  • downscale
  • evil
  • execrable
  • foul
  • heinous
  • humble
  • ignominious
  • immoral
  • infamous
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  • lewd
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  • middle-class
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  • poor
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  • proletarian
  • reprehensible
  • rotten
  • scurvy
  • servile
  • shabby
  • shameful
  • simple
  • snide
  • sordid
  • unethical
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  • unscrupulous
  • unwashed
  • unworthy
  • vicious
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  • villainous
  • vulgar
  • wicked
  • working-class
  • wretched
  • wrong

ill-bred

  • X-rated
  • abject
  • abrupt
  • animallike
  • antisocial
  • arch
  • arrogant
  • audacious
  • aweless
  • awkward
  • backward
  • bad-mannered
  • barbarian
  • barbaric
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  • barnyard
  • base
  • bearish
  • blasphemous
  • blue
  • blunt
  • bold
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  • boorish
  • brash
  • brassy
  • brazen
  • brusk
  • brusque
  • brutish
  • bumbling
  • bumptious
  • bungling
  • caddish
  • cantankerous
  • cavalier
  • cheap
  • cheeky
  • churlish
  • cloddish
  • clodhopping
  • clownish
  • clumsy
  • coarse
  • common
  • conceited
  • contemptible
  • contemptuous
  • contumelious
  • countrified
  • countryfied
  • crabbed
  • crass
  • cross
  • crude
  • crumby
  • crusty
  • curt
  • dastardly
  • degraded
  • dense
  • depraved
  • despicable
  • dirty
  • disagreeable
  • discourteous
  • disgraceful
  • disgracious
  • dishonorable
  • disreputable
  • disrespectful
  • doltish
  • earthy
  • filthy
  • flip
  • flippant
  • foul
  • foulmouthed
  • fresh
  • gawky
  • graceless
  • green
  • grody
  • gross
  • gruff
  • grumpy
  • halting
  • ham-handed
  • haughty
  • heavy-handed
  • high-handed
  • ignoble
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  • illiberal
  • immodest
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  • incult
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  • insensitive
  • insolent
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  • lacking
  • lewd
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  • lippy
  • loud
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  • loutish
  • low
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  • lubberly
  • lumpish
  • maladroit
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  • mannerless
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  • oafish
  • obscene
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  • offensive
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  • ornery
  • out of line
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  • peremptory
  • philistine
  • pompous
  • presumptuous
  • pretentious
  • primitive
  • profanatory
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  • provincial
  • raffish
  • raunchy
  • raw
  • ribald
  • ridiculous
  • rough
  • rough-hewn
  • roughneck
  • rude
  • rugged
  • rustic
  • rustical
  • sacrilegious
  • salacious
  • sassy
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  • savage
  • scatological
  • scrubby
  • scruffy
  • scurvy
  • servile
  • shameless
  • sharp
  • shocking
  • smart-alecky
  • smutty
  • snippety
  • snippy
  • sordid
  • strange
  • sullen
  • supercilious
  • superior
  • surly
  • swinish
  • tacky
  • tactless
  • tasteless
  • thoughtless
  • ugly
  • unbecoming
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  • uncivil
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  • unconscionable
  • uncontrolled
  • uncouth
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  • untoward
  • unworthy
  • vile
  • vulgar
  • vulgarian
  • wicked
  • woebegone
  • woeful
  • wooden
  • wretched

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