of or like a dastard; mean and cowardly
adjective
The definition of dastardly is someone or something evil, wicked or cruel.
Witches who eat children are an example of someone who would be described as dastardly.
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dastardly
adjective
Cowardly and malicious; base.
Related Forms:
- das′tard·li·ness
noun
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Adjective
(comparative dastardlier, superlative dastardliest)
- in the manner of a dastard; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous
- treacherous; given to backstabbing
Origin
dastard + -ly
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Sentence Examples
- Now he's disappeared and the entire world is threatened because someone wants to use the core for dastardly purposes and you must save the Doctor and the world.
- Narrator: The mafia finally went to bed in the wee hours of the night after committing dastardly deeds.
- For example, you can be a Cowgirl Casanova, or declare that you were vegetarian until you met the dastardly handsome man.
- Narrator: While the town is sleeping, the mafia is out doing dastardly deeds.
- No messy button-pressing-combination mambo, no leafing through old magazines to find your favorite cheats, and no jumping through hoops or repeating dastardly chores.
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WORDS NEAR dastardly IN THE DICTIONARY
- dastardly
- dastardlier
- dastardliest
- dastardliness