whoreson
- noun
- /ˈhɔːrzən/
- Offensive
Examples
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And your water's a sore decayer of your whoreson dead body.
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Instinct had kept Gustav the Whoreson Knight alive for seventy years.
Fiction book (2002) -
The townspeople whispered about the whoreson who was abandoned at birth and grew up alone.
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He called the young man a whoreson, mocking his illegitimate birth and upbringing.
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Being labeled a whoreson by his peers made him feel ashamed of his family history.
Synonyms
A child born to parents who are not married, now an offensive word
A child born to parents who are not married to each other
A child born to parents who are not married to each other
A very rude name people use to show strong anger or dislike toward someone
A child whose parents are not married to each other
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Whoreson comes from the parts whore and son, literally 'son of a whore'. It originally named a child born outside marriage, which is why it means an illegitimate child and is still used as a strong insult.