Bastard (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a person born of unmarried parents; an illegitimate child.
  2. Slang.
    • a vicious, despicable, or thoroughly disliked person: Some bastard slashed the tires on my car.
    • a person, especially a man: The poor bastard broke his leg.
  3. something irregular, inferior, spurious, or unusual.
  4. bastard culverin.
adjective
  1. illegitimate in birth.
  2. spurious; not genuine; false: The architecture was bastard Gothic.
  3. of abnormal or irregular shape or size; of unusual make or proportions: bastard quartz; bastard mahogany.
  4. having the appearance of; resembling in some degree: a bastard Michelangelo; bastard emeralds.
  5. (of a character) not of the font in which it is used or found.
noun
  1. an obnoxious or despicable person
  2. a person, esp a man
  3. something extremely difficult or unpleasant
  4. 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)
  1. illegitimate by birth
  2. irregular, abnormal, or inferior in shape, size, or appearance
  3. resembling a specified thing, but not actually being such
  4. counterfeit; spurious
Bastard (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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