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In some senses, bastard is marked as dated, derogatory, offensive, vulgar, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.
Jarrod: Who are you? Heath: Your father’s bastard son.
A mongrel (biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties).
A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.
Some bastard stole my car while I was helping an injured person.
You sick bastard!
A man, a fellow, a male friend.
lucky bastard
funny bastard
A suffering person deemed deserving of compassion.
Poor bastard, I feel so sorry for him.
These poor bastards started out life probably in bad or broken homes.
adj
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).
a bastard musket
a bastard culverin
Of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc).
that bastard self-love which is so vicious in itself, and productive of so many vices
intj
Exclamation of strong dismay or strong sense of being upset.
Jack says, “Oh! Bastard! I’m hit!” That bullet had to have come in the busted back window and how it missed Johnnie to hit Jack I don’t know.
“Yes, I’m hhhhowwwwwwcch!” she yelped as she stubbed her toe against the bedpost. “Shit, shit, fuck, bastard, shit, crap!”