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ˈdæs tərddas·tard

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dastardadjective

    a despicable coward

  2. dastard(a), dastardlyadjective

    despicably cowardly

    "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th"- F.D. Roosevelt

Wiktionary

  1. dastardnoun

    A malicious coward; a dishonorable sneak.

  2. dastardadjective

    meanly shrinking from danger, cowardly, dastardly

  3. Etymology: ME, most likely from dæstr.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. DASTARDnoun

    A coward; a poltron; A man infamous for fear.

    Etymology: adastriga, Saxon.

    The cruelty and envy of the people,
    Permitted by our dastard nobles,
    And suffer’d me by th’ voice of slaves to be
    Whoop’d out of Rome. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

    Who now my matchless valour dare oppose?
    How long will Dares wait his dastard foes. John Dryden, Æn.

    Dastard and drunkard, mean and insolent;
    Tongue-valiant hero, vaunter of thy might,
    In threats the foremost, but the last in sight. Dryden.

    Such bug-bear thoughts, once got into the minds of children, make them dastards, and afraid of the shadow of darkness ever after. John Locke, on Education, sect. 138.

    Curse on their dastard souls, they stand astonish’d. Addis.

  2. To Dastardverb

    To terrify; to intimidate; to desert with cowardice; to dispirit.

    I’m weary of this flesh which holds us here,
    And dastards manly soul with hope and fear. John Dryden, Ind. Emp.

ChatGPT

  1. dastard

    A dastard is a person who is mean-spirited, cowardly, or underhanded. Derived from the term "dastardly", it is often used to describe someone who consistently acts in a deceptive or treacherous manner.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dastardnoun

    one who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon

  2. Dastardadjective

    meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly

  3. Dastardverb

    to dastardize

  4. Etymology: [Prob. from Icel. dstr exhausted. breathless, p. p. of dsa to groan, lose one's breath; cf. dasask to become exhausted, and E. daze.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dastard

    das′tard, n. a cowardly fellow.—adj. shrinking from danger: cowardly.—adj. and adv. Das′tardly.—ns. Das′tardness, Das′tardliness, Das′tardy. [From a Scand. stem dast = Eng. dazed, and Fr. suffix -ard. See Daze.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dastard in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dastard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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