dastardly

1. 1.

   despicably cowardly

   “the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th”

   Synonymsdastard

   Similarcowardly

Questions about dastardly

What does dastardly mean?

dastardly means "despicably cowardly".

How many syllables are in dastardly?

dastardly has 3 syllables: das-tard-ly. The stress falls on "das". In IPA it is /ˈdæstɚdli/.

What is another word for dastardly?

Close synonyms include dastard. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dastardly a common word?

dastardly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.