bastard🔊

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

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

(vulgar, offensive or derogatory, usually referring specifically to a man) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person. +

(endearing or humorous) A man, a fellow, a male friend.

A suffering person deemed deserving of compassion.

(informal) A child who does not know their father.

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

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

A bastard file.

A sweet wine.

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

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

A large mould for straining sugar.

A writing paper of a particular size.

(UK, politics, derogatory) A Eurosceptic Conservative MP, especially in the government of John Major.

Of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant).

Of or like a bastard (bad person).

Of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross.

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

Spurious, lacking authenticity: counterfeit, fake.

(of a language) Imperfect; not spoken or written well or in the classical style; broken.

(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.)

(UK, Ireland, vulgar) Very unpleasant.

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

(theater lighting) Consisting of one predominant color blended with small amounts of complementary color; used to replicate natural light because of their warmer appearance.

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

(obsolete) To bastardize.