Bastard - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈbæstərd|  American pronunciation of the word bastard
Brit.  |ˈbɑːstəd|  British pronunciation of the word bastard

noun

- insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous (syn: asshole, cocksucker, dickhead, motherfucker, prick, shit, sob, whoreson)
- the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents (syn: by-blow, illegitimate, whoreson)
- derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin (syn: mongrel)
the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic

adjective

- fraudulent; having a misleading appearance (syn: bogus, fake, phoney, phony)

Extra examples

Congratulations on getting the job, you lucky bastard!

His wife left him, the poor bastard.

Life can be a real bastard sometimes.

...Alexander Hamilton appears to have been bothered by the fact that he was a bastard child....

...a bastard knockoff of a far superior thriller...

Special preferments for cadets or bastards of the royal house.

That horrid practice of women murdering their bastard children.

• You lying bastard!

• He's gone straight to the top, the lucky bastard.

• The poor bastard fell off his horse.

Life's a bastard sometimes.

Crazy bastard... I think he's blown his marbles.

No one would match his own self against the crazy bastard.

That poisonous bastard Lucett told Morris I was seeing his wife.

Fucking bastard!

Word forms

noun
singular: bastard
plural: bastards
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