bastard
Of or like a bastardOf or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant).
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» You'll all hang for this, you ungrateful, treasonous bastards!
Вас усіх буде повішено за це, ви, невдячні зрадливі покидьки! — deniko
mailohilohi · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
10 sensesOf or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant).
Of or like a bastard (bad person).
Of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross.
нечистокро́вныйnečistokróvnyj
Of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc).
a bastard musket
a bastard culverin
Of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc).
Spurious, lacking authenticity: counterfeit, fake.
Imperfect; not spoken or written well or in the classical style; broken.
Used in the vernacular name of a species to indicate that it is similar in some way to another species, often (but not always) one of another genus.
bastard gemsbok; bastard mahogany; bastard toadflax; bastard trumpeter
(Ireland, UK, vulgar)Very unpleasant.
I’ve got a bastard headache.
Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
Consisting of one predominant color blended with small amounts of complementary color; used to replicate natural light because of their warmer appearance.
A bastard orange gel produces predominantly orange light with undertones of blue.
- fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
Examples
100 sentencesYou'll all hang for this, you ungrateful, treasonous bastards!
Вас усіх буде повішено за це, ви, невдячні зрадливі покидьки! — deniko
You're a sick bastard.
Ти хвора наволоч. — deniko
I'll kill that bastard.
Я вб'ю ту падлюку. — deniko
All cops are bastards.
Всі поліцейські — покидьки. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
deDie Bullen sind alle Drecksäcke. — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Fuck your mom, bastard.
Їбати твою маму, покидьку. — deniko
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English bastard, bastarde, from Old English bastard (used as an epithet), fromFrom Middle English bastard, bastarde, from Old English bastard (used as an epithet), from Anglo-Norman bastard, Old French bastart (“illegitimate child”), perhaps via Medieval Latin bastardus, of obscure origin.
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Forms
more bastard, most bastard| Comparative | more bastard Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most bastard Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.