Bastard vs. Whoreson

Bastardnoun

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

Whoresonnoun

(obsolete) Often used as a term of abuse: an illegitimate or misbegotten child born of unwed parents.

Bastardnoun

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

Whoresonnoun

(literally) The son of a whore. en

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.’;

Whoresonadjective

(obsolete) mean; base; worthless

Bastardnoun

A man, a fellow, a male friend.

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

Whoresonnoun

A bastard; colloquially, a low, scurvy fellow; - used generally in contempt, or in coarse humor. Also used adjectively.

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.’;

Whoresonnoun

the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents

Bastardnoun

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

Whoresonnoun

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

Bastardnoun

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

‘Life can be a real bastard.’;

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.’;

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’;

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’;