bastard

IPA: bˈæstɝd

noun

  • (dated) A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.
  • A mongrel (biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties).
  • (vulgar, offensive or derogatory, sometimes referring specifically to a man) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.
  • (especially Australia, endearing or humorous) A man, a fellow, a male friend.
  • (often preceded by 'poor') A person deserving of pity.
  • (informal) A child who does not know their father.
  • (informal) Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
  • A variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin, fake or counterfeit.
  • A bastard file.
  • A sweet wine.
  • A sword that is midway in length between a short-sword and a long sword; also bastard sword.
  • An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from syrups that have been boiled several times.
  • A large mould for straining sugar.
  • A writing paper of a particular size.
  • A surname from Old French.

verb

  • (obsolete) To bastardize.

adjective

  • Of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant).
  • Of or like a bastard (bad person).
  • Of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross.
  • Of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc).
  • Spurious, lacking authenticity: counterfeit, fake.
  • (of a language) Imperfect; not spoken or written well or in the classical style; broken.
  • Used in the vernacular name of a species to indicate that it is similar in some way to another species, often (but not always) one of another genus.
  • (UK, vulgar) Very unpleasant.
  • (printing) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
  • (theater lighting) Consisting of one predominant color blended with small amounts of complementary color; used to replicate natural light because of their warmer appearance.
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Examples of "bastard" in Sentences

  • "I don't care what you call the bastard," Joe said.
  • “Sounds like the poor bastard is infected with the fungus.”
  • The bastard is only paying her what I told her I bought them for!
  • Miniature bastard is a seriously tightly-wound package of whoop ass.
  • Anyway, one week and counting until this bastard is out of me for sure.
  • It evoked the word bastard: "something that is spurious, irregular, inferior or of questionable origin."
  • “Calling a person an ugly bastard is not a crime, but calling a person an ugly black bastard is a hate crime”.
  • Kayu arau (Casuarina littorea) is often termed a bastard-pine, and as such gave name to the Isle of Pines discovered by Captain Cook.
  • Kinda funny since her husband is a member of a secessionist party - but they are white – so all is forgiven – stupidity, pre-marital sex resulting in bastard kids, lack of intelligence or any intellectual curiosity.
  • Newcomer Kit Harington tells TVGuide that he had to learn to embrace the term "bastard," which is used quite frequently and openly in the series to describe his character Jon Snow, the illegitimate son of Winterfell's Lord Ned Stark Sean Bean.

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