Bastard is an insulting word which some people use about a person, especially a man, who has behaved very badly.
[rude, offensive, disapproval]
2. countable noun [usually adjective NOUN]
Some people say things such as lucky bastard or poor bastard to refer to a person, usually a man, who they think is very lucky, or very unlucky.
[informal, rude, feelings]
3. countable noun [oft NOUN noun]
A bastard is a person whose parents were not married to each other at the time that he or she was born.
[old-fashioned, offensive]
...King Arthur's bastard son, Mordred.
4. singular noun
If someone describes a problem or a situation as a bastard, they mean that it is extremely annoying or difficult to deal with.
[informal, rude]
Life can be a real bastard at times.
I had to go early 'cos it's a bastard to get your motor out of the car park.
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bastard in British English
(ˈbɑːstəd, ˈbæs-)
noun
1. informal, derogatory
an obnoxious or despicable person
2. informal, often humorous
a person
lucky bastard
3. informal
something extremely difficult or unpleasant
that job is a real bastard
4. old-fashioned or offensive
a person born of unmarried parents; an illegitimate baby, child, or adult
5.
something irregular, abnormal, or inferior
6.
a hybrid, esp an accidental or inferior one
adjective(prenominal)
7. old-fashioned or offensive
illegitimate by birth
8.
irregular, abnormal, or inferior in shape, size, or appearance
9.
resembling a specified thing, but not actually being such
a bastard cedar
10.
counterfeit; spurious
Derived forms
bastardly (ˈbastardly)
adjective
Word origin
C13: from Old French bastart, perhaps from bast in the phrase fils de bast son of the packsaddle (that is, of an unlawful union and not the marriage bed), fromMedieval Latin bastum packsaddle, of uncertain origin
bastard in American English
(ˈbæstərd)
noun
1.
a person born of parents not married to each other; illegitimate child
2.
anything spurious, inferior, or varying from standard
3. Slang
a person regarded with contempt, hatred, pity, resentment, etc. or, sometimes, with playful affection
a vulgar usage
adjective
4.
of illegitimate birth or of uncertain origin
5.
of a size or shape that differs from the normal or standard
6.
that is not truly the designated thing but that closely resembles it
gneiss is called bastard granite
7.
not genuine; sham; inferior
Derived forms
bastardly (ˈbastardly)
adjective
Word origin
ME < OFr < bast- (also in fils de bast) (< ? Goth bansts, barn) + -ard, -ard: hence, one conceived in a barn
Synonyms of 'bastard'
illegitimate child, love child, by-blow, natural child
illegitimate, fatherless, born out of wedlock, misbegotten
false, inferior, irregular, sham
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All related terms of 'bastard'
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