bastard

  • (noun): A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.
  • (noun): A mongrel (biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties).
  • (noun): (typically referring to a man) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.
  • (noun): A man, a fellow, a male friend.
  • (noun): (often preceded by 'poor') A person deserving of pity.
  • (noun): A child who does not know his or her father.
  • (noun): Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
  • (noun): A variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin, fake or counterfeit.
  • (noun): An intermediate-grade file; also bastard file.
  • (noun): A sweet wine.
  • (noun): A sword that is midway in length between a short-sword and a long sword; also bastard sword.
  • (noun): An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from syrups that have been boiled several times.
  • (noun): A large mould for straining sugar.
  • (noun): A writing paper of a particular size.
  • (noun): A Eurosceptic Conservative MP, especially in the government of John Major.
  • (verb): To bastardize.
  • (adjective): Of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant).
  • (adjective): Of or like a bastard (bad person).
  • (adjective): Of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross.
  • (adjective): Of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc).
  • (adjective): Spurious, lacking authenticity: counterfeit, fake.
  • (adjective): 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.
  • (adjective): Very unpleasant.
  • (adjective): Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
  • (adjective): (theater lighting) Consisting of one predominant color blended with small amounts of complementary color; used to replicate natural light because of their warmer appearance.
  • (interjection): Exclamation of strong dismay or strong sense of being upset.
  • Some bastard stole my car while I was helping an injured person.
  • Get over here, you old bastard!
  • Poor bastard, I feel so sorry for him.
  • Life can be a real bastard.
  • The architecture was a kind of bastard, suggesting Gothic but not being true Gothic.