Meaning

4 senses

  1. (Canada, US, derogatory, offensive, slang, usually, vulgar)An objectionable, despicable person.

    My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son of a bitch.

    Those sons of bitches don’t stand a chance.

    Hurensohn, Hurenkind, Scheißkerl

    су́кин сынsúkin syn

    су́чий синsúčyj syn

  2. (Canada, US, derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar)Any objectionable thing.

    "This son of a bitch won't move!" Marty exclaimed as he grappled with the supermarket cart.

  3. (endearing, humorous, slang, vulgar)An impressive, daring, or admirable man.

  4. A suffering person deemed deserving of compassion.

    That poor son of a bitch didn't even make it.

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

Examples

34 sentences

  1. He's a nasty son of a bitch.

    Він паскудний сучий син. — deniko

    rul · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. I'm the mother of a son of a bitch.

    Я - мати сучого сина. — deniko

    deIch bin die Mutter eines Hurensohns. — MUIRIEL

    sacredceltic · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Son of a bitch!

    Покидьок! — deniko

    ruСукин сын! — chaos

    deHurensohn! — tarsier

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  4. You're a son of a bitch.

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  5. He's just a son of a bitch.

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Translations

9 languages
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Origin

Alteration of an earlier phrase represented by Middle English biche-sone (“son of a bitch”

Alteration of an earlier phrase represented by Middle English biche-sone (“son of a bitch”, literally “bitch's son”), calqued from Old Norse bikkju-sonr (“son of a bitch”).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: sons of bitches / sons of a bitch

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous:SOB

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sommeliersonA1sonarsonatasongA1songbird

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