Bastard vs. Bastardization

Bastardnoun

A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.

Bastardizationnoun

The making of a bastard or bastards; Having children out of wedlock or destroying the legitimacy of children's paternity.

Bastardnoun

A mongrel. A biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties.

Bastardizationnoun

The creation of offspring from two different species; cross-breeding.

Bastardnoun

A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person. See asshole, sod.

‘Some bastard stole my car while I was helping an injured person.’;

Bastardizationnoun

(by extension) The combining of separate races in marriage or breeding; miscegenation.

Bastardnoun

A man, a fellow, a male friend.

‘lucky bastard, poor bastard’; ‘Get over here, you old bastard!’;

Bastardizationnoun

Any change or neologism in language that is viewed as a degradation.

Bastardnoun

(often preceded by 'poor') A person deserving of pity.

‘Poor bastard, I feel so sorry for him.’; ‘These poor bastards started out life probably in bad or broken homes.’;

Bastardizationnoun

(more generally) The creation of an inferior copy or version; corruption, degradation, or debasement.

Bastardnoun

(informal) A child who does not know his or her father.

Bastardizationnoun

Activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group.

Bastardnoun

(informal) Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.

‘Life can be a real bastard.’;

Bastardizationnoun

An act that debases or corrupts.

Bastardnoun

A variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin, fake or counterfeit.

‘The architecture was a kind of bastard, suggesting Gothic but not being true Gothic.’;

Bastardizationnoun

declaring or rendering bastard;

‘the annulment of their marriage resulted in the bastardization of their children’;

Bastardnoun

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’;

Bastardizationnoun

an act that debases or corrupts

Bastardnoun

An intermediate-grade file; also bastard file.

Bastardnoun

A sweet wine.

Bastardnoun

A sword that is midway in length between a short-sword and a long sword; also bastard sword.

Bastardnoun

An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from syrups that have been boiled several times.

Bastardnoun

A large mould for straining sugar.

Bastardnoun

A writing paper of a particular size.

Bastardnoun

A Eurosceptic Conservative MP, especially in the government of John Major.

Bastardadjective

of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant)

Bastardadjective

of or like a bastard (bad person)

Bastardadjective

of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross

Bastardadjective

of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc.)

‘a bastard musket; a bastard culverin’;

Bastardadjective

spurious, lacking authenticity: counterfeit, fake

Bastardadjective

Very unpleasant.

‘I've got a bastard headache.’;

Bastardadjective

(printing) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.

Bastardadjective

(theater lighting) 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.’;

Bastardinterjection

(rare) Exclamation of strong dismay or strong sense of being upset.

Bastardverb

(obsolete) To bastardize.

Bastardnoun

A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.

Bastardnoun

An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that have already had several boilings.

Bastardnoun

A sweet Spanish wine like muscatel in flavor.

‘Brown bastard is your only drink.’;

Bastardnoun

A writing paper of a particular size. See Paper.

Bastardadjective

Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note.

Bastardadjective

Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; - applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so.

‘That bastard self-love which is so vicious in itself, and productive of so many vices.’;

Bastardadjective

Of an unusual or irregular make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin.

Bastardadjective

Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.

Bastardverb

To bastardize.

Bastardnoun

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

Bastardnoun

the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents

Bastardnoun

derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin;

‘the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic’;

Bastardadjective

born out of wedlock;

‘the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring’;

Bastardadjective

fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

Bastardnoun

an unpleasant or despicable person

‘he lied to me, the bastard!’;

Bastardnoun

a person of a specified kind

‘he was a lucky bastard’;

Bastardnoun

a difficult or awkward undertaking, situation, or device

‘it's been a bastard of a week’;

Bastardnoun

a person born of parents not married to each other.

Bastardadjective

(of a thing) no longer in its pure or original form; debased

‘a bastard Darwinism’;

Bastardadjective

(of a handwriting script or typeface) showing a mixture of different styles.

Bastardadjective

born of parents not married to each other; illegitimate

‘a bastard child’;