VERB
  1. declare a child to be illegitimate
  2. change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms
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How To Use bastardize In A Sentence

  • It was difficult for him to read, set in some bastardized version of his language he barely understood, but he thought it might be rare, and enjoyed it anyway.
  • And isn’t credible that Marie’s guest would say this face-to-face, even as a bastardized “Hello,” when the correct bonjour is universally known. 2007 May « One-Minute Book Reviews
  • Throughout the years, the idea of ‘punk rock ‘became both idealized and bastardized.’
  • Local forms are endlessly trivialized, bastardized and wedded to the worst aspects of Western speculative ‘architecture’.
  • I think the globalization of hip hop has bastardized the culture a little bit, but I understand that's natural in the progression and growth of a particular type of music…
  • It will turn out to be Beauprez and Holtzman all over again ... bagzzaf wrote: Don't bastardize the term libertarian by saying "I'm libertarian this, but not libertarian that ... Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
  • The law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock.
  • Must be nice: getting a fat royalty dividend each and every time you have your legacy bastardized.
  • All this over some bastardized rock-electronica, the sound of someone trying desperately to be contemporary.
  • Think i'll give the issued webbing at batallion a try and just 'bastardise' it to my preference, definately want velcro tabs for the ammo pouches, those clips can be a pain in the arrse at times. although its changed a lot since i was in (3. 5yrs) issue webbing all the way, get a decent hippo pad as the issued one is crap and spend time your webbing right wearing a combat jacket and trying your bergan, day sack with it to. Army Rumour Service
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