bastard
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8.0
- noun
- /ˈbæstərd/
- Offensive
:
hijo de puta
- We're gonna catch this sick bastard.
And I went, you bastards, you bastards, of course I'll do it.
- And I went, you bastards, you bastards, of course I'll do it.
- And she said, listen to you Athenian rich bastards, you know nothing.
- Today we have the moodiest bastard on the planet, Pete Wicks.
- Odysseus might be kind of a crafty bastard, but he's still Odysseus.
- Elon Musk later went on to call the SEC bastards for this instance.
- And you're saying calling them a little bastard is inappropriate.
- I said you fucking, you lucky bastard, you lucky bastard.
- I can't believe this bastard has been with her for three years.
- So I was a horrible bastard in the early years of my sentencing.
- Please be my guest to vote for the bastard you hate the least this year.
- And they were all like, oh, you bastard, you absolute bastard.
- Don't do it for yourself, you selfish bastard, right?
- And so they're kind of picky bastards, you could say.
Examples
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What did the bastard say?
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He called his rival a bastard during the heated argument, clearly showing his contempt.
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OK, This bastard needs to go in there, I guess.
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Please be my guest to vote for the bastard you hate the least this year.
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And they were all like, oh, you bastard, you absolute bastard.
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I can't believe this bastard has been with her for three years.
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Don't do it for yourself, you selfish bastard, right?
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And they're still the same bunch of bastards they always were.
Academic text (1991) -
Today we have the moodiest bastard on the planet, Pete Wicks.
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The poor bastard.
Synonyms
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9.9
A very offensive word used to insult someone strongly
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9.8
An insulting name for a rude person who treats others badly
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9.9
A rude word for a person who is cruel or very annoying
475
9.9
A rude or unpleasant person who treats others badly
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9.9
A very rude and insulting word for a person you strongly dislike
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9.9
An insulting word for a rude, mean person
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9.9
A person or thing that is very bad and has no value used to insult someone
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9.9
A very offensive word used to strongly insult someone
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9.9
A very rude word for a person you strongly dislike
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9.9
A rude name for a person who is stupid and annoying
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9.9
A rude person who treats others badly
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8.2
An unpleasant person who lies or treats others badly
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9.9
An insulting name for a person who is rude or mean
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9.9
A very rude person who treats others badly
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9.9
A rude word for a person who is cruel or dishonest
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7.5
A cruel person who treats others badly
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9.9
An extremely rude word used to hurt someone's feelings
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8.4
A person who is annoying or rude
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9.9
A rude, insulting word for a very unpleasant person
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9.9
A very rude name people use to show strong anger or dislike toward someone
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9.9
A very rude word used to insult someone
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8.0
A person who behaves badly or cheats others
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9.3
A man or boy people talk about in a slightly annoyed but friendly way
1
9.9
An old rude word for a person people insult or dislike
1
9.9
A rude word for a person who acts very foolishly
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9.9
A person who is very unpleasant and treats others badly
1
9.0
An insulting name for a person thought to be very bad and not to be trusted
1
9.9
An unpleasant person who is thought worthless
A rude word for a person who treats others badly
A very rude and unpleasant person who treats others badly
A very rude person who treats others badly
A very rude and unpleasant person who treats others badly
A very rude and insulting name for a person you strongly dislike
A very rude word people use for someone they think is very bad or disgusting
A very rude and selfish person who treats others badly
A person who is very rude and insults others cruelly
A person who is very rude and causes trouble for others
An offensive slang word for a rude person who treats others badly
A very rude and unpleasant person who treats others badly
A person who is very rude and treats others badly
An insulting word for a person who cheats or lies
A person who acts badly and cannot be trusted
A rude, unpleasant person who treats others badly
An offensive word for a very bad or worthless person
An insulting name for a cruel or troublesome person
Idioms
Compounds
A small tropical American weed with white daisy-like flowers that grows quickly
- Specialized
An eastern United States plant with a minty smell that looks like pennyroyal but is a different kind
A small evergreen tree from the southern US and Caribbean used for very hard, heavy wood
- Specialized
A small weed with short dry leaves that grows in dry, disturbed soil
- Specialized
A small grey sea turtle that nests on Gulf and Atlantic coasts of North America, also called Kemp's ridley
- Specialized
A page at the start of a book that shows only the title before the main title page
- Specialized
A grey sea turtle that lives on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America
- Specialized
A woody creeping plant that grows on other plants with thick powdery leaves and small dull white flowers
- Specialized
A small stiff group of feathers on the front edge of a bird's wing that helps control flight when landing
- South African
A medium-sized South African tree with yellowish wood used for furniture
How Insulting
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bastard began as a word for a child born when the parents were 'not married', from old French bastard and medieval Latin bastardus. Because being born outside marriage was once seen as shameful, the word became a strong insult people use to show dislike or contempt.