dastardly

[US]/'dæstədlɪ/
[UK]/'dæstɚdli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. cowardly, despicable

Example Sentences

committing a dastardly act

Real-world Examples

It was a surprise assault from the air, what President Franklin D. Roosevelt described as an unprovoked and dastardly attack.

Source: CNN 10 Student English December 2021 Collection

" He would be dastardly enough to slash them in the face" .

Source: The Red and the Black (Part One)

Listen, listen. We all know how dastardly the Bad Guys are.

Source: Funny Movies

The entry is guarded by the Demon of Reason, and the only way to get in is to solve one of his dastardly challenges.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

You've already bid 24 gems on the first, when you realize that your rival has a dastardly advantage: a mirror that lets him see what you're bidding.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

'I'm not afraid of anything so dastardly as incendiarism. We are open enemies; and I can protect myself from any violence that I apprehend. And I will assuredly protect all others who come to me for work.

Source: South and North (Middle)

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