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How to pronounce bastard in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms mongrel
Type of variation
Derivation bastardise, bastardize, bastardly


the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic.
Type Words
Synonyms asshole, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, sob, son of a bitch, whoreson
Type of unpleasant person, disagreeable person
Type Words
Synonyms bogus, fake, phoney, phony
Type Words
Synonyms by-blow, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson
Type of issue, progeny, offspring
Derivation bastardise, bastardize, bastardly

Examples of bastard

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It's ridiculous to condemn the greater good because of the bastard who benefits.
From the economist.com
Though I swear I'm the only Swan on here, no other bastard ever comments for us.
From the guardian.co.uk
Bastard or genius or both, his life and career have been exhaustively dissected.
From the denverpost.com
Scanning the morning papers I find two sad bastard ledes without even searching.
From the theatlantic.com
Get that bastard Lugovoi in exchange and hang him by his scrotum in Westminster.
From the guardian.co.uk
On the other hand, I do realize that there ARE idiot-bastard-managers out there.
From the positivesharing.com
I want to say that I shall hate that little bastard Dapple until the end of time.
From the guardian.co.uk
When the novel was born it was universally slated as the bastard of literature.
From the guardian.co.uk
He is also, in the best traditions of working-class heroes, a bit of a bastard.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Asshole: insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
  • Bogus: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
  • The illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
  • 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"
  • (bastardly) born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman
  • (bastardly) of no value or worth; "I was caught in the bastardly traffic"
  • Bastard!!: Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy (BASTARD!!-u6697u9ED2u306Eu7834u58CAu795E-, Basutu0101do!! Ankoku no Hakaishin?, lit. "Bastard!! The Destructive God of Darkness") is a manga by Kazushi Hagiwara. It first appeared in Weekly Shu014Dnen Jump, in 1988, and continues to be published irregularly today in Ultra Jump. Currently, it spans 27 volumes.
  • In theatre lighting, a bastard color refers to a color, typically in a color gel, wherein the predominant color is blended with small amounts of complementary colors; for example, a "bastard orange" gel would produce predominantly orange light with undertones of blue. ...
  • Bastard (Swedish: Vildmarkens su00E5ng) is a Norwegian-Swedish film released in 1940. It stars Georg Lu00F8kkeberg and was directed by Helge Lunde and Gu00F6sta Stevens; the story is based on the story "Basterd" by F.W. Remmler.