bastardnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbɑː.stəd/us/ˈbæs.tɚd/bastard noun [ C ] (UNPLEASANT)
offensive an unpleasant person:
He was a bastard to his wife.
You lied to me, you bastard!
humorous You won again? You lucky bastard! (= I don't think you deserve it)
This crossword's a bastard (= very difficult).
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Unpleasant people in general
- a dog in the manger idiom
- a nasty piece of work idiom
- a tough/hard nut idiom
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- bad lot
- know-all
- know-it-all
- leech
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- malcontent
- rotter
- runt
- sadist
- scum
- scumbag
- undesirables
- vermin
- villain
- villain of the piece idiom
- viper
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bastard noun [ C ] (CHILD)
old use a person born to parents who are not married to each other:
He was born in 1798, the bastard son of a country squire and his mistress.
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illegitimate
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Parents & children
- babyhood
- child abuse
- child-friendly
- conjoined twins
- empty nester
- illegitimate
- latchkey kid
- legitimate
- love child
- motherhood
- motherless
- natural
- patter
- quad
- quadruplet
- quintuplet
- sextuplet
- Siamese twins
- twin
- without issue idiom
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