[ UK /bˈɑːstəd/ ]
[ US /ˈbæstɝd/ ]
NOUN
  1. insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
  2. derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin
    the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic
  3. the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
ADJECTIVE
  1. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
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How To Use bastard In A Sentence

  • Rules exist to be violated, so that the ‘bastard’ may be more violently characterized and the audience engaged in revengeful fury.
  • If you want my opinion, it's a bastard of a game - swift, bold and beautiful.
  • He's gone straight to the top, the lucky bastard.
  • Instead, we get the "kerplunk" scene we knew we were getting from the end of last issue, Luthor revealing that he's actually kind of a bastard after all, members of Infinity II declaring twice in two pages that it sure is a good thing they still have their powers, and a lost-in-space scene that once again fails to advance that plot. Week 35: That Most Dangerous of Animals
  • This "quidam," as she called him -- for his name was beneath the cognizance of an Emperor's bastard daughter -- had by her orders received rigorous and exemplary justice. PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete
  • When another of Aegon's Great Bastards tried to seize the Iron Throne from his trueborn half-brother, Bittersteel joined the revolt.
  • Now they are being rewarded for their bastardry to our children with no requirement that they even spend it on education.
  • The fact that anyone bothers to even argue with this post depresses me, but if you really need to think about it, substitute the word "Black" for the word "Albanian" ... ill lich replied to comment from nutbastard Is Sony legally required to make its games accessible to disabled people? - Boing Boing
  • The meaning of the term is now completely misinterpreted and bastardized.
  • I am also fairly concerned about running into one of these little bastards, who look as if they give a nasty nip.
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