bastard

bas·tard  (bstrd)

n.

1. A child born out of wedlock.

2. Something that is of irregular, inferior, or dubious origin.

3. Slang A person, especially one who is held to be mean or disagreeable.

adj.

1. Born of unwed parents; illegitimate.

2. Not genuine; spurious: a bastard style of architecture.

3. Resembling a known kind or species but not truly such.

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[Middle English, from Old French, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old Frisian bst, marriage.]

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bastard·ly adj.

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bastard [ˈbɑːstəd ˈbæs-]

n

1. Informal, offensive an obnoxious or despicable person

2. Informal, often humorous or affectionate a person, esp a man lucky bastard

3. Informal something extremely difficult or unpleasant that job is a real bastard

4. Old-fashioned or offensive a person born of unmarried parents; an illegitimate baby, child, or adult

5. something irregular, abnormal, or inferior

6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a hybrid, esp an accidental or inferior one

adj (prenominal)

1. Old-fashioned or offensive illegitimate by birth

2. irregular, abnormal, or inferior in shape, size, or appearance

3. resembling a specified thing, but not actually being such a bastard cedar

4. counterfeit; spurious

[from Old French bastart, perhaps from bast in the phrase fils de bast son of the packsaddle (that is, of an unlawful and not the marriage bed), from Medieval Latin bastum packsaddle, of uncertain origin]

bastardly  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bastard - insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, asshole, son of a bitch, whoreson, cocksucker, SOB, shit dirty word, vulgarism, obscenity, smut, filth - an offensive or indecent word or phrase disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
	2.	bastard - the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents by-blow, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson offspring, progeny, issue - the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"
	3.	bastard - 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" mongrel variation - an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard; "he patented a variation on the sandal"
Adj.	1.	bastard - fraudulent; having a misleading appearance bogus, fake, phoney, phony counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"

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bastard

noun

1. (Informal, offensive) rogue, criminal, sharper, fraud, cheat, devil, crook (informal), villain, charlatan, rascal, profligate, scoundrel, con man (informal), scally (Northwest English dialect), fraudster, wretch (slang), swindler, libertine, knave (archaic), ne'er-do-well, reprobate, scumbag, miscreant, scamp, malefactor, blackguard, evildoer, grifter (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), rapscallion, caitiff (archaic), skelm (S. African) I don't trust the bastard.

2. illegitimate child, love child, by-blow (archaic), natural child, child born out of wedlock, whoreson (archaic) He was a bastard, disowned by his father.

3. (Informal, offensive) nuisance, pain, bore, drag (informal), bother, headache (informal), pest, irritation, gall, annoyance, aggravation, pain in the neck (informal), pain in the arse (taboo informal), vexation Life can be a real bastard at times.

adjective

illegitimate, fatherless, born out of wedlock, misbegotten (literary), born on the wrong side of the blanket, baseborn his bastard son

Translations

bastard [ˈbɑːstəd]

A. ADJ (= illegitimate) → bastardo

B. N

1. (= illegitimate child) → bastardo/a m/f

2. → cabrón/ona m/f, hijo/a m/f de puta, hijo/a m/f de la chingada(Mex)
you bastard! → ¡cabrón!
you old bastard! → ¡hijoputa!
that silly bastard → ese idiota
this job is a real bastard → este trabajo es muy jodido

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bastard [ˈbɑːstə^rd] n

(= illegitimate child) → enfant naturel(le) m/f, bâtard(e) m/f bastard son, bastard daughter

(term of abuse) → salaud m >
You bastard! → Salaud!
You stupid bastard!
BUT Espèce de con!.
bastard daughter n → bâtarde f

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bastard

n

(lit) → uneheliches Kind, Bastard m (old); (fig: = hybrid) → Bastard m, → Kreuzung f

(sl: = person) → Scheißkerl m (inf); stupid bastard → Arschloch nt (vulg); poor bastard → armes Schwein (inf), → armer Hund (inf)

(sl: = difficult job etc) this question is a real bastard → diese Frage ist wirklich hundsgemein (inf); a bastard of a job etc → eine Scheißarbeit etc (inf)

adj

(lit) child → unehelich

(fig: = hybrid) dog, plant → Bastard-; language → Misch-

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bastard [ˈbɑːstəd]

1. n → bastardo/a (fam!, pej) → figlio di puttana (fam!)

2. adj (child) → illegittimo/a

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bastard [ˈbɑːstəd]

1. n → bastardo/a (fam!, pej) → figlio di puttana (fam!)

2. adj (child) → illegittimo/a

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bastard

n bastard [ˈbaːstəd]

a child born of parents not married to each other. buite-egtelike kind وَلَد غَيْر شَرْعي извънбрачно дете nemanželské dítě uægte barn; bastard das uneheliche Kind μπάσταρδος bastardo sohilaps حرامزاده äpärä bâtard מַמְזֵר दोगला kopile fattyú anak haram, anak jadah óskilgetið barn, bastarður bastardo 私生児 사생아 pavainikis bastards; ārlaulības bērns anak luar nikah bastaard lausunge bękart bastardo bastard внебрачный ребёнок nemanželské dieťa nezakonski otrok kopile oäkting ลูกนอกสมรส gayrimeşru çocuk 私生子 позашлюбна дитина حرامی ، ناجائز بچہ con hoang 私生子

adj

a bastard son. buite-egtelik ، إبْنُ سِفاح، إبْنُ زِنى незаконороден nemanželský uægte; bastard- unehelich μπάσταρδος, νόθος bastardo sohi- حرامزاده avioton bâtard מַמְזֵר हरामी kopilanski fattyú anak haram jadah óskilgetinn bastardo 私生児の 사생아의 nesantuokinis ārlaulības- anak lelaki luar nikah bastaard- uekte, født utenfor ekteskap nieślubny bastardo bastard, nele­gi­tim внебрачный nemanželský nezakonski kopilast oäkta นอกสมรส piç 私生的 позашлюбний ولد الحرام ngoài giá thú 私生的