Definitions for BASTARD
ˈbæs tərdbas·tard

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.8 / 4 votes

1. asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOBnoun

   insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

2. bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate child, illegitimate, whoresonnoun

   the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents

3. bastard, mongreladjective

   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"

4. bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastardadjective

   fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. bastardnoun

   A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.

2. bastardnoun

   A mongrel. A biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties.

3. bastardnoun

   A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person. See asshole, sod.

   Some bastard stole my car while I was helping an injured person.

4. bastardnoun

   A man, a fellow, a male friend.

5. bastardnoun

   A child that does not know his or her father.

6. bastardnoun

   Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.

   Life can be a real bastard.

7. bastardnoun

   A variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin, fake or counterfeit.

   The architecture was a kind of bastard, suggesting Gothic but not being true Gothic.

8. bastardnoun

   An intermediate-grade steel file; also : bastard file.

9. bastardnoun

   A long, straight, narrow sword, with an undecorated hilt; a longsword.

10. bastardnoun

    A sweet wine.

11. bastardadjective

    of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)

12. bastardadjective

    of or like a bastard (bad person)

13. bastardadjective

    of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross

14. bastardadjective

    of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc.)

15. bastardadjective

    spurious, lacking genuinity of authenticity: counterfeit, fake

16. bastardinterjection

    Exclamation of strong dismay or strong sense of being upset.

17. Etymology: From bastard, bastarde, from Late bastard, from bastard, from Old Low * (compare Middle Dutch bast) and derogatory suffix -ard, from banstuz (compare West Frisian boask, boaste), from bʰendʰ-; or equivalent to. Cognate with bastert, bastaard, Bastard, bastarður. Probably originally referred to a child from a polygynous marriage of Germanic custom but not sanctioned by the Church.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bastardadjective

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. Begotten out of wedlock.

   Peace is a very apoplexy, lethargy, insensible, a getter of more bastard children than war’s a destroyer of men. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   2. Spurious; not genuine; supposititious; false; adulterate. In this sense, any thing which bears some relation or resemblance to another, is called spurious or bastard.

   You may partly hope that your father got you not, that you are not the Jew’s daughter. —— That were a kind of bastard hope indeed. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   Men who, under the disguise of publick good, pursue their own designs of power, and such bastard honours as attend them. William Temple.

2. BASTARDnoun

   1.Bastard, according to the civil and canon law, is a person born of a woman out of wedlock, or not married; so that, according to order of law, his father is not known. John Ayliffe

   Etymology: bastardd, Welch, of low birth; bastarde, Fr.

   Him to the Lydian king Lycimnia bare,
   And sent her boasted bastard to the war. Dryden.

   2. Any thing spurious or false.

   It lies on you to speak to th’ people;
   Not by your own instruction, but with words
   But rooted in your tongue; bastards and syllables
   Of no allowance to your bosom’s truth. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

3. To Bastardverb

   To convict of being a bastard; to stigmatize with bastardy.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   She lived to see her brother beheaded, and her two sons deposed from the crown, bastarded in their blood, and cruelly murdered. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bastard

   A bastard is traditionally defined as a person born of parents not married to each other, often considered an offensive or derogatory term. In contemporary usage, it can also refer to an unpleasant or despicable person. In some contexts, it can convey a sense of someone tough, aggressive, or unyielding. Please note that usage and interpretation of such terms can greatly differ across various cultures and regions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Bastardnoun

   a "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union

2. Bastardnoun

   an inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that / already had several boilings

3. Bastardnoun

   a large size of mold, in which sugar is drained

4. Bastardnoun

   a sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor

5. Bastardnoun

   a writing paper of a particular size. See Paper

6. Bastardadjective

   begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note

7. Bastardnoun

   lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so

8. Bastardnoun

   of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin

9. Bastardnoun

   abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book

10. Bastardverb

    to bastardize

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bastard

   bas′tard, n. a child born of parents not married.—adj. born out of wedlock: not genuine: resembling, but not identical with, the species bearing the name: of abnormal shape or size: false.—n. Bas′tard-bar, a popular but inaccurate name for the baton-sinister in heraldry.—v.t. Bas′tardise, to prove to be a bastard.—adv. Bas′tardly (obs.).—ns. Bas′tard-wing, three, four, or five feathers springing from the side of the wing of a bird near the point, attached to a bony process which is the homologue of the thumb in some mammalia; Bas′tardy, Bas′tardism, the state of being a bastard.—Bastard title, an abbreviated title of a book on an otherwise blank page preceding the full title-page; Bastard types, types cast with an extra deep bevel to obviate the use of leads, as Longprimer face on Pica body. [Fr. bâtard; O. Fr. fils de bast, son of the pack-saddle, bast (bât) being a coarse saddle for beasts of burden.]

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bastard

   Any man who doubts his own immaculate conception.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bastard

   A term applied to all pieces of ordnance which are of unusual or irregular proportions: the government bastard-cannon had a 7-inch bore, and sent a 40-lb. shot. Also, a fair-weather square sail in some Mediterranean craft, and occasionally used for an awning.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bastard

   (Fr.). An ancient piece of ordnance of about 8 pounds calibre, 91⁄2 feet long, and weighing 1950 pounds. It was invented by Jean Maurique de Lard, master-general of ordnance under Charles V. of France in 1535. He also had several bastards cast of a larger calibre. This term was also applied to guns of an unusual make or proportion, whether longer or shorter.

Matched Categories

1. • Unpleasant Person

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'BASTARD' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2915

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'BASTARD' in Nouns Frequency: #1899

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Anagrams for BASTARD »

1. batards

2. tabards

How to pronounce BASTARD?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say BASTARD in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of BASTARD in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of BASTARD in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of BASTARD in a Sentence

1. Nicolas Martin, Article c. 1995:

   Genealogy is based on the obviously silly idea that there is no such thing as a bastard.

2. Game of Thrones, Season 6:

   Tyrion Lannister: Let me give you some advice, bastard. Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you.

3. Wayland Bland:

   What'd you tell 'em, that I'm the toughest bastard there ever was?

4. Alexander Pope:

   But thousands die without or this or that, die, and endow a college, or a cat: To some, indeed, Heaven grants the happier fate, Tenrich a bastard, or a son they hate.

5. Vincent Cassel:

   As she's a female director and I played along with a woman, who's also a director, I didn't want this guy to end up being the bastard of the story and the woman a victim, it has never been in Maiwenn's plans to be that radical and simplistic but at some times I would say,' No, no, it's not possible. Guys -- put yourself in our shoes, it's not easy.' .

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=BASTARD
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/BASTARD
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=BASTARD
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/BASTARD
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=BASTARD
7. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=BASTARD
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=BASTARD
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=BASTARD