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Antonyms for cad

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kad
Phonetic Transcription : kæd


Definition of cad

Origin :
  • 1730, shortening of cadet (q.v.); originally used of servants, then (1831) of town boys by students at British universities and public schools (though at Cambridge it meant "snob"). Meaning "person lacking in finer feelings" is from 1838.
  • A cad used to be a jumped-up member of the lower classes who was guilty of behaving as if he didn't know that his lowly origin made him unfit for having sexual relationships with well-bred women. [Anthony West, "H.G. Wells: Aspects of a Life," 1984]
  • noun sly, dastardly person
Example sentences :
  • "I may be pretty rotten, but I'm not that kind of cad," said he.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • Wasn't that cad of a Bordenave going to go off the hooks after all?
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • It was on her soil and through her influence that a silly woman had married a cad.
  • Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster
  • I was a cad to play about your fireplace––quite wrong––and you had to make me realize it.
  • Extract from : « The Gorgeous Girl » by Nalbro Bartley
  • The first time—it was the act of a cad—but I worked it all out.
  • Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • "It isn't necessary to be a cad, Boris," she flung back hotly.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
  • Suppose he, too, should fall to the lot of a cad like Pledge, or a brute like Bull!
  • Extract from : « Follow My leader » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • Culver,” said Birket, “you are a cad; you hit below the belt.
  • Extract from : « Follow My leader » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • But who cares what a fellow means, so long as he acts like a cad?
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • You wouldn't be cad enough to peach on us for smokin', would you?
  • Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford

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