Definition/Meaning of bastard

• English - Noun: bastard ( plural bastards ) A person who was born out of wedlock , and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant . A mongrel . A biological cross between different breeds , groups or varieties . ( vulgar , referring to a man ) A contemptible , inconsiderate , overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person . See asshole , sod . Some bastard stole my car while I was helping an injured person…
• English - Adjective: bastard ( comparative more bastard , superlative most bastard ) 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 spurious , lacking authenticity: counterfeit , fake Barrow that bastard self-love…
• English - Interjection: bastard ! ( rare , vulgar ) Exclamation of strong dismay or strong sense of being upset . 2001 , Stephen King , “The Death of Jack Hamilton”, in Everything's Eventual , Simon and Schuster (2007), ISBN 978-1-4165-4985-7, page 90: 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 . 2004 , Cecelia Ahern, PS…
• English - Verb: bastard ( third-person singular simple present bastards , present participle bastarding , simple past and past participle bastarded ) ( obsolete ) To bastardize . (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
• English - Pronunciation: ( UK ) IPA (key) : /ˈbɑːstəd/ , /ˈbastəd/ , /ˈbæstəd/ ( US ) IPA (key) : /ˈbæstəɹd/