Definition of bastard in English:

bastard

nounˈbastədˈbɑːstədˈbæstərd

1informal An unpleasant or despicable person.
〈非正式〉讨厌鬼，卑鄙小人
he lied to me, the bastard!
Example sentencesExamples
- But although her father hadn't been bad to her, he'd been a complete bastard to her mother, and she hated him for that.
- So we like to judge our actions as those of good people dealing with ‘the real world’, instead of as natural bastards doing what bastards do naturally.
- The bastards won't change their behaviour until their business goes under because all the good workers have gone to good employers.
- All these years I comforted myself by telling myself that I was too good for the irresponsible man, and that I didn't need the good-for-nothing bastard.
- I need to stop trying to change people who like being rat bastards.
- Names have been changed to protect the bastard.
- As last time, we were all a little fatter, balder and/or greyer, apart from the bastards who hadn't changed at all.
- I'd be willing to bet that he's been planning this for years… what a lowlife bastard.
- Soon I'll be allowed to dislike art without old bastards nodding wisely.
- I am a bastard, incorrigible, ungentlemanly and a beast.
- Okay that was the dumbest speculation I've ever had and you bastards let me say it like some sort of idiot.
- Even if you were a reporter like those irritating bastards who hound me every second of every day, you wouldn't know!
- I hate being helpless when those rich powerful bastards beat mother.
- Had he refused to cooperate, she would have labelled him ‘a bastard, a fascist, an idiot,’ as was her wont.
- Those wretched bastards must be pleased with their work.
- Those little bastards who criticise me don't understand.
- Mostly, though, they're bastards but one of them is your bastard.
- She fell out with the ungrateful bastards of that particular branch of my mother's extended family, and we didn't visit that bunch this year.
- He's a bastard, a brute, an offense to human decency.
- To me they were all dogs, scum, idiots, bastards… well, you get the point.
Synonyms
scoundrel, villain, rogue, rascal, brute, animal, weasel, snake, monster, ogre, wretch, devil, good-for-nothing, reprobate, wrongdoer, evil-doer
Spanish picaro
informal scumbag, pig, swine, louse, hound, cur, rat, beast, son of a bitch, s.o.b., low life, skunk, nasty piece of work, ratbag, wrong 'un
British informal git, toerag, scrote
Irish informal spalpeen, sleeveen
North American informal fink, rat fink
West Indian informal scamp
Australian/New Zealand informal dingo
informal, dated cad, heel, rotter, bounder, bad egg, bad lot, dastard, knave, stinker, blighter
archaic blackguard, miscreant, varlet, vagabond, rapscallion, whoreson
vulgar slang sod, bugger, shit, fucker
North American vulgar slang fuck, motherfucker, mofo, mother
1. 1.1British with adjective A person of a specified kind.
  人，家伙
  he was a lucky bastard
  他是个幸运的家伙。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Some people get to go home today - lucky bastards.
  If that's all you have to worry about, Tom, then you are one lucky bastard.
  I was only trying to be friendly, the poor little bastards must've been starving if nobody was feeding them.
  Then Stan sent me this, probably the most unfortunate of all, poor bastard!
  And in lots of ways I've been a lucky, jammy bastard.
  You know Kashiro, unlike you I am a poor weak bastard.
  It's not going to be my fault when some poor, watermarked bastard gets dragged off to Guantanamo Bay.
  I'm just one of the lucky bastards who got funding.
  I'm desperate to see whether Yoichi finally gets a lucky break - poor little bastard.
  I'm sorry, man, you must be a lonely poor bastard.
  He glanced back one more time to his friends in time to catch Alan mouth the words, ‘Lucky bastard.’
  And I thought, I don't want to bother this poor bastard, but I have to get in to save me boy!
  Even Leo's not half bad in it despite the fact the poor squeaky bastard never has a chance against DDL.
  He laid down his card and agreed, ‘Lucky bastard.’
  The poor little bastard's still out there somewhere.
  But, in the end, he settled for the position of Admiral, and watched every other lucky bastard as they boarded, what should have been, his ship.
  Synonyms
  person, human being, human, being, mortal, soul, creature, thing
2. 1.2British A difficult or awkward undertaking, situation, or device.
  极棘手的事；极讨厌的事
  it's been a bastard of a week
  这真是讨厌的一个星期。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's a bastard of a fine line to walk with Wainwright being more self aware than your average flamboyant drama queen opera fan.
  It was a difficult bastard to empty and move, as it's a ‘waveless’ type and the waddy stuff inside retains heaps of water and makes it heavy.
  Golf is a bastard of a game.
  Though, when I do want to make an effort, I face an absolute bastard of a hurdle: my hair.
  Avant garde/underground short films are an absolute bastard to get hold of.
  But hey, don't give up on me, Jo. It's nearly Christmas, it's been a bastard of a year, and I'd love to talk to you.
  A shorter trip than usual this week - it's hard to travel with a bastard of a headcold.
  After all my rabbiting on about the foolishness of those plebs who choose to spurn the way of the Proper Bow Tie, I've had a bastard of a time for the last couple of days figuring out how the heck you actually tie one.
  If you want my opinion, it's a bastard of a game - swift, bold and beautiful.
  This was an absolute bastard (the descent was also a bit hairy due to a strong sidewind).
  After taking ages to get ready, and a bastard of a commute, we were running late.
  I've read about 100 pages these last two days and gotten a bastard of a headache for my troubles.
  And for three skinny fellows, they make an absolute bastard of a guitar racket.
  Of course, next time I post I'll probably be sitting here nursing a bastard of a hangover and a misanthropic grudge against the universe as per usual, so make the most of it.
  I've just come down with a bastard of a cold, got me thinking along these lines.
  The filling is a bastard of a mix of crunchy water chestnuts, baby corn, cilantro and ground peanuts.
2derogatory, archaic A person born of parents not married to each other.
〈古或贬〉私生子
Example sentencesExamples
- Besides, my marriage means my son is a legitimate child, not a bastard as these rumor mongers would have you believe.
- He talked to him and convinced him that this wedding should take place as soon as possible because his bride does not want their son to be born a bastard.
- For one, a bastard is a child conceived out of wedlock, which you weren't, and for second, I'm sure your parents had every intention of conceiving you.
- To his warped mind it appeared that his natural father had robbed him of his rightful inheritance by having him born a bastard, and this whole affair was no more than the result of his terrible revenge!
- I am merely a bastard, born to one of his secondary wives.
Synonyms
illegitimate child, child born out of wedlock
dated love child, by-blow
archaic natural child/son/daughter

adjectiveˈbastədˈbɑːstədˈbæstərd

1attributive (of a thing) no longer in its pure or original form; debased.
（事物）杂种的；低劣的
a bastard Darwinism
低劣的进化论。
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm guessing that the bug I swallowed this morning was a hybrid of sorts, a bastard child conceived of a drunken cricket and a desperate ladybug.
- And speaking of which, after a fashion, experiments with new routes into work took me past Chariots, which looks from the outside like the bastard lovechild of a Greek restaurant and an auto repair shop.
- Kudos to them as this cd has an appeal many don't but lets face it, they're still rubbing along in a bastard genre, they're just a bit better than most at it.
- English is a bastard language borne out primarily of the mixture of languages of people who successfully invaded the The British Isles (of whom there were several prior to 1066).
- ‘People don't see comedy as an art form, they see it as the bastard son of storytelling,’ he says after we've reached the cafe and ordered the coffee.
- And even though English is the ultimate in bastard languages already, we don't like it so much when cultural globalization works in the opposite direction.
- Along the way, however, the reader gets a crash course in early comic strips, and it is within the literary tradition of this bastard medium that he defiantly sets his work.
Synonyms
hybrid, alloyed
adulterated, impure, inferior
1. 1.1 (of a handwriting script or typeface) showing a mixture of different styles.
  （字迹，字体）不合标准的；混杂的
  Example sentencesExamples
  A typeface named Bastard is typical of his often irreverent attitude to the industry of advertising and design.
  Its a bastard typeface, each character stands alone as an independent angular structure.
  The brand new Bastard-family is a modern caps-only display typeface with OpenType features.
  Text occupies a single column in a bastard typeface, while the title-page uses a mixture of bastard and roman type (the latter for Latin text), and of black and red lettering.
  The Bastard Secretary Hand represents a variation of the Bastard hand, a reform of the court hand, developed in the early 14th century in an attempt to reform the by-now deteriorated standard court hand.
2derogatory, archaic attributive Born of parents not married to each other; illegitimate.
〈古或贬〉私生子
a bastard child
Example sentencesExamples
- While the first movie does have more of an adult theme to it (uh, she birthed a bastard child from a married family man), the last two lend themselves to more of a family audience.
- The closest thing to nobility found in our ranks is the bastard son of a petty knight (the captain).
- After all, it would be disastrous if the people ever found out that she had a bastard child born out of wedlock.
- Albert plays Jack, a man who must face up to the fact that he is the bastard child of a rock star.
- An insolent stranger makes an unexpected appearance in Tara's house claiming to be her illegitimate nephew (the bastard son of Padma).
Synonyms
illegitimate, born out of wedlock
archaic natural

Usage

In the past the word bastard was the standard term in both legal and non-legal use for ‘an illegitimate child’. Today, however, it has little importance as a legal term and is retained in this older sense only as a term of abuse

Phrases

(as) happy (or lucky, miserable, etc.) as a bastard on Father's Day

informal Very unhappy (or unlucky, miserable, etc.)
he looked as happy as a bastard on Father's Day
Example sentencesExamples
- You'd find yourself as lonely as a bastard on Father's Day.
- If you and I stay right here we'll be happy as a bastard on Father's Day, mate.
- The once-proud structure became as unstable as a bastard on Father's Day.
- There I was, 'on my tod', and lonelier than a bastard on Father's Day!
- "I've got about as much luck as a bastard on Father's Day", laments a punter.
- I saw him standing all dressed up with nowhere to go looking as happy as a bastard on Father's Day.
- You might say he was as puzzled as a bastard on Father's Day.
- "About as witty as a bastard on Father's Day," Oscar said with fierce humor.
- Old Charlie was as confused as a bastard on Father's Day.
- I'm already as miserable as a bastard on Father's Day.

keep the bastards honest

informal Ensure that politicians behave fairly and openly.
we're going to need someone to keep the bastards honest
Example sentencesExamples
- He has tried to paint himself as the party that keeps the bastards honest.
- He warned politicians on Wednesday, "I'm not here to keep the bastards honest; I'm here to get rid of the bastards."
- The candidates will be viewed as 'the infighting bastards', rather than candidates that can 'keep the bastards honest'.
- We keep the bastards honest and we have the mechanisms to keep ourselves honest too.
- The best parliaments happen when independents are keeping the bastards honest.

Derivatives

bastardy

nounˈbɑːstədiˈbæstərdi

mass noun

derogatory, archaic

1The state of being born to parents who are not married to each other; illegitimacy.
〈古或贬〉私生子
while bastardy was not always a bar to succession, it certainly made things more difficult
1. 1.1 The action of fathering an illegitimate child or children.
Example sentencesExamples
- Local communities, however, punished ordinary persons convicted of bastardy severely, out of fear that bastards might become a financial burden on the parish.
- No word yet if they'll marry to save the child from bastardy.
- Yes, it is a small organization intent on removing the stigma of bastardy from illegitimate children.
- a man charged with bastardy might be ordered to marry the child's mother

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin bastardus, probably from bastum 'packsaddle'; compare with Old French fils de bast, 'packsaddle son' (i.e. the son of a mule driver who uses a packsaddle for a pillow and is gone by morning).

Bastard probably derives from medieval Latin bastum ‘packsaddle’ (a horse's saddle which was adapted for supporting loads); the French equivalent was fils de bast or ‘packsaddle son’. The reference was to a loose-living mule driver who used a packsaddle for a pillow and the next morning was off to the next town. See also bat

Definition of bastard in US English:

bastard

nounˈbastərdˈbæstərd

1informal An unpleasant or despicable person.
〈非正式〉讨厌鬼，卑鄙小人
he lied to me, the bastard!
Example sentencesExamples
- Mostly, though, they're bastards but one of them is your bastard.
- I need to stop trying to change people who like being rat bastards.
- She fell out with the ungrateful bastards of that particular branch of my mother's extended family, and we didn't visit that bunch this year.
- Soon I'll be allowed to dislike art without old bastards nodding wisely.
- He's a bastard, a brute, an offense to human decency.
- Those little bastards who criticise me don't understand.
- Even if you were a reporter like those irritating bastards who hound me every second of every day, you wouldn't know!
- Those wretched bastards must be pleased with their work.
- All these years I comforted myself by telling myself that I was too good for the irresponsible man, and that I didn't need the good-for-nothing bastard.
- The bastards won't change their behaviour until their business goes under because all the good workers have gone to good employers.
- Names have been changed to protect the bastard.
- But although her father hadn't been bad to her, he'd been a complete bastard to her mother, and she hated him for that.
- Had he refused to cooperate, she would have labelled him ‘a bastard, a fascist, an idiot,’ as was her wont.
- As last time, we were all a little fatter, balder and/or greyer, apart from the bastards who hadn't changed at all.
- I am a bastard, incorrigible, ungentlemanly and a beast.
- Okay that was the dumbest speculation I've ever had and you bastards let me say it like some sort of idiot.
- I hate being helpless when those rich powerful bastards beat mother.
- I'd be willing to bet that he's been planning this for years… what a lowlife bastard.
- To me they were all dogs, scum, idiots, bastards… well, you get the point.
- So we like to judge our actions as those of good people dealing with ‘the real world’, instead of as natural bastards doing what bastards do naturally.
Synonyms
scoundrel, villain, rogue, rascal, brute, animal, weasel, snake, monster, ogre, wretch, devil, good-for-nothing, reprobate, wrongdoer, evil-doer
1. 1.1British with adjective A person of a specified kind.
  人，家伙
  he was a lucky bastard
  他是个幸运的家伙。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Even Leo's not half bad in it despite the fact the poor squeaky bastard never has a chance against DDL.
  You know Kashiro, unlike you I am a poor weak bastard.
  The poor little bastard's still out there somewhere.
  I was only trying to be friendly, the poor little bastards must've been starving if nobody was feeding them.
  He glanced back one more time to his friends in time to catch Alan mouth the words, ‘Lucky bastard.’
  Some people get to go home today - lucky bastards.
  I'm just one of the lucky bastards who got funding.
  I'm desperate to see whether Yoichi finally gets a lucky break - poor little bastard.
  Then Stan sent me this, probably the most unfortunate of all, poor bastard!
  And I thought, I don't want to bother this poor bastard, but I have to get in to save me boy!
  If that's all you have to worry about, Tom, then you are one lucky bastard.
  And in lots of ways I've been a lucky, jammy bastard.
  He laid down his card and agreed, ‘Lucky bastard.’
  But, in the end, he settled for the position of Admiral, and watched every other lucky bastard as they boarded, what should have been, his ship.
  It's not going to be my fault when some poor, watermarked bastard gets dragged off to Guantanamo Bay.
  I'm sorry, man, you must be a lonely poor bastard.
  Synonyms
  person, human being, human, being, mortal, soul, creature, thing
2. 1.2British A difficult or awkward undertaking, situation, or device.
  极棘手的事；极讨厌的事
  it's been a bastard of a week
  这真是讨厌的一个星期。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's a bastard of a fine line to walk with Wainwright being more self aware than your average flamboyant drama queen opera fan.
  This was an absolute bastard (the descent was also a bit hairy due to a strong sidewind).
  If you want my opinion, it's a bastard of a game - swift, bold and beautiful.
  But hey, don't give up on me, Jo. It's nearly Christmas, it's been a bastard of a year, and I'd love to talk to you.
  Golf is a bastard of a game.
  It was a difficult bastard to empty and move, as it's a ‘waveless’ type and the waddy stuff inside retains heaps of water and makes it heavy.
  And for three skinny fellows, they make an absolute bastard of a guitar racket.
  After all my rabbiting on about the foolishness of those plebs who choose to spurn the way of the Proper Bow Tie, I've had a bastard of a time for the last couple of days figuring out how the heck you actually tie one.
  The filling is a bastard of a mix of crunchy water chestnuts, baby corn, cilantro and ground peanuts.
  Though, when I do want to make an effort, I face an absolute bastard of a hurdle: my hair.
  Avant garde/underground short films are an absolute bastard to get hold of.
  After taking ages to get ready, and a bastard of a commute, we were running late.
  Of course, next time I post I'll probably be sitting here nursing a bastard of a hangover and a misanthropic grudge against the universe as per usual, so make the most of it.
  A shorter trip than usual this week - it's hard to travel with a bastard of a headcold.
  I've read about 100 pages these last two days and gotten a bastard of a headache for my troubles.
  I've just come down with a bastard of a cold, got me thinking along these lines.
2derogatory, archaic A person born of parents not married to each other.
〈古或贬〉私生子
Example sentencesExamples
- Besides, my marriage means my son is a legitimate child, not a bastard as these rumor mongers would have you believe.
- I am merely a bastard, born to one of his secondary wives.
- To his warped mind it appeared that his natural father had robbed him of his rightful inheritance by having him born a bastard, and this whole affair was no more than the result of his terrible revenge!
- For one, a bastard is a child conceived out of wedlock, which you weren't, and for second, I'm sure your parents had every intention of conceiving you.
- He talked to him and convinced him that this wedding should take place as soon as possible because his bride does not want their son to be born a bastard.
Synonyms
illegitimate child, child born out of wedlock

adjectiveˈbastərdˈbæstərd

1(of a thing) no longer in its pure or original form; debased.
（事物）杂种的；低劣的
a bastard Darwinism
低劣的进化论。
Example sentencesExamples
- Along the way, however, the reader gets a crash course in early comic strips, and it is within the literary tradition of this bastard medium that he defiantly sets his work.
- I'm guessing that the bug I swallowed this morning was a hybrid of sorts, a bastard child conceived of a drunken cricket and a desperate ladybug.
- And speaking of which, after a fashion, experiments with new routes into work took me past Chariots, which looks from the outside like the bastard lovechild of a Greek restaurant and an auto repair shop.
- ‘People don't see comedy as an art form, they see it as the bastard son of storytelling,’ he says after we've reached the cafe and ordered the coffee.
- And even though English is the ultimate in bastard languages already, we don't like it so much when cultural globalization works in the opposite direction.
- Kudos to them as this cd has an appeal many don't but lets face it, they're still rubbing along in a bastard genre, they're just a bit better than most at it.
- English is a bastard language borne out primarily of the mixture of languages of people who successfully invaded the The British Isles (of whom there were several prior to 1066).
Synonyms
hybrid, alloyed
1. 1.1 (of a handwriting script or typeface) showing a mixture of different styles.
  （字迹，字体）不合标准的；混杂的
  Example sentencesExamples
  The brand new Bastard-family is a modern caps-only display typeface with OpenType features.
  The Bastard Secretary Hand represents a variation of the Bastard hand, a reform of the court hand, developed in the early 14th century in an attempt to reform the by-now deteriorated standard court hand.
  Text occupies a single column in a bastard typeface, while the title-page uses a mixture of bastard and roman type (the latter for Latin text), and of black and red lettering.
  Its a bastard typeface, each character stands alone as an independent angular structure.
  A typeface named Bastard is typical of his often irreverent attitude to the industry of advertising and design.
2derogatory, archaic Born of parents not married to each other; illegitimate.
〈古或贬〉私生子
a bastard child
Example sentencesExamples
- An insolent stranger makes an unexpected appearance in Tara's house claiming to be her illegitimate nephew (the bastard son of Padma).
- While the first movie does have more of an adult theme to it (uh, she birthed a bastard child from a married family man), the last two lend themselves to more of a family audience.
- After all, it would be disastrous if the people ever found out that she had a bastard child born out of wedlock.
- The closest thing to nobility found in our ranks is the bastard son of a petty knight (the captain).
- Albert plays Jack, a man who must face up to the fact that he is the bastard child of a rock star.
Synonyms
illegitimate, born out of wedlock

Usage

In the past the word bastard was the standard term in both legal and nonlegal use for ‘an illegitimate child’. Today, however, it has little importance as a legal term and is retained in this older sense only as a term of abuse

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin bastardus, probably from bastum ‘packsaddle’; compare with Old French fils de bast, ‘packsaddle son’ (i.e. the son of a mule driver who uses a packsaddle for a pillow and is gone by morning).

词汇	bastard
释义	Definition of bastard in English: bastard nounˈbastədˈbɑːstədˈbæstərd 1informal An unpleasant or despicable person. 〈非正式〉讨厌鬼，卑鄙小人 he lied to me, the bastard! Example sentencesExamples But although her father hadn't been bad to her, he'd been a complete bastard to her mother, and she hated him for that. So we like to judge our actions as those of good people dealing with ‘the real world’, instead of as natural bastards doing what bastards do naturally. The bastards won't change their behaviour until their business goes under because all the good workers have gone to good employers. All these years I comforted myself by telling myself that I was too good for the irresponsible man, and that I didn't need the good-for-nothing bastard. I need to stop trying to change people who like being rat bastards. Names have been changed to protect the bastard. As last time, we were all a little fatter, balder and/or greyer, apart from the bastards who hadn't changed at all. I'd be willing to bet that he's been planning this for years… what a lowlife bastard. Soon I'll be allowed to dislike art without old bastards nodding wisely. I am a bastard, incorrigible, ungentlemanly and a beast. Okay that was the dumbest speculation I've ever had and you bastards let me say it like some sort of idiot. Even if you were a reporter like those irritating bastards who hound me every second of every day, you wouldn't know! I hate being helpless when those rich powerful bastards beat mother. Had he refused to cooperate, she would have labelled him ‘a bastard, a fascist, an idiot,’ as was her wont. Those wretched bastards must be pleased with their work. Those little bastards who criticise me don't understand. Mostly, though, they're bastards but one of them is your bastard. She fell out with the ungrateful bastards of that particular branch of my mother's extended family, and we didn't visit that bunch this year. He's a bastard, a brute, an offense to human decency. To me they were all dogs, scum, idiots, bastards… well, you get the point. Synonyms scoundrel, villain, rogue, rascal, brute, animal, weasel, snake, monster, ogre, wretch, devil, good-for-nothing, reprobate, wrongdoer, evil-doer Spanish picaro informal scumbag, pig, swine, louse, hound, cur, rat, beast, son of a bitch, s.o.b., low life, skunk, nasty piece of work, ratbag, wrong 'un British informal git, toerag, scrote Irish informal spalpeen, sleeveen North American informal fink, rat fink West Indian informal scamp Australian/New Zealand informal dingo informal, dated cad, heel, rotter, bounder, bad egg, bad lot, dastard, knave, stinker, blighter archaic blackguard, miscreant, varlet, vagabond, rapscallion, whoreson vulgar slang sod, bugger, shit, fucker North American vulgar slang fuck, motherfucker, mofo, mother 1.1British with adjective A person of a specified kind. 人，家伙 he was a lucky bastard 他是个幸运的家伙。 Example sentencesExamples Some people get to go home today - lucky bastards. If that's all you have to worry about, Tom, then you are one lucky bastard. I was only trying to be friendly, the poor little bastards must've been starving if nobody was feeding them. Then Stan sent me this, probably the most unfortunate of all, poor bastard! And in lots of ways I've been a lucky, jammy bastard. You know Kashiro, unlike you I am a poor weak bastard. It's not going to be my fault when some poor, watermarked bastard gets dragged off to Guantanamo Bay. I'm just one of the lucky bastards who got funding. I'm desperate to see whether Yoichi finally gets a lucky break - poor little bastard. I'm sorry, man, you must be a lonely poor bastard. He glanced back one more time to his friends in time to catch Alan mouth the words, ‘Lucky bastard.’ And I thought, I don't want to bother this poor bastard, but I have to get in to save me boy! Even Leo's not half bad in it despite the fact the poor squeaky bastard never has a chance against DDL. He laid down his card and agreed, ‘Lucky bastard.’ The poor little bastard's still out there somewhere. But, in the end, he settled for the position of Admiral, and watched every other lucky bastard as they boarded, what should have been, his ship. Synonyms person, human being, human, being, mortal, soul, creature, thing 1.2British A difficult or awkward undertaking, situation, or device. 极棘手的事；极讨厌的事 it's been a bastard of a week 这真是讨厌的一个星期。 Example sentencesExamples It's a bastard of a fine line to walk with Wainwright being more self aware than your average flamboyant drama queen opera fan. It was a difficult bastard to empty and move, as it's a ‘waveless’ type and the waddy stuff inside retains heaps of water and makes it heavy. Golf is a bastard of a game. Though, when I do want to make an effort, I face an absolute bastard of a hurdle: my hair. Avant garde/underground short films are an absolute bastard to get hold of. But hey, don't give up on me, Jo. It's nearly Christmas, it's been a bastard of a year, and I'd love to talk to you. A shorter trip than usual this week - it's hard to travel with a bastard of a headcold. After all my rabbiting on about the foolishness of those plebs who choose to spurn the way of the Proper Bow Tie, I've had a bastard of a time for the last couple of days figuring out how the heck you actually tie one. If you want my opinion, it's a bastard of a game - swift, bold and beautiful. This was an absolute bastard (the descent was also a bit hairy due to a strong sidewind). After taking ages to get ready, and a bastard of a commute, we were running late. I've read about 100 pages these last two days and gotten a bastard of a headache for my troubles. And for three skinny fellows, they make an absolute bastard of a guitar racket. Of course, next time I post I'll probably be sitting here nursing a bastard of a hangover and a misanthropic grudge against the universe as per usual, so make the most of it. I've just come down with a bastard of a cold, got me thinking along these lines. The filling is a bastard of a mix of crunchy water chestnuts, baby corn, cilantro and ground peanuts. 2derogatory, archaic A person born of parents not married to each other. 〈古或贬〉私生子 Example sentencesExamples Besides, my marriage means my son is a legitimate child, not a bastard as these rumor mongers would have you believe. He talked to him and convinced him that this wedding should take place as soon as possible because his bride does not want their son to be born a bastard. For one, a bastard is a child conceived out of wedlock, which you weren't, and for second, I'm sure your parents had every intention of conceiving you. To his warped mind it appeared that his natural father had robbed him of his rightful inheritance by having him born a bastard, and this whole affair was no more than the result of his terrible revenge! I am merely a bastard, born to one of his secondary wives. Synonyms illegitimate child, child born out of wedlock dated love child, by-blow archaic natural child/son/daughter adjectiveˈbastədˈbɑːstədˈbæstərd 1attributive (of a thing) no longer in its pure or original form; debased. （事物）杂种的；低劣的 a bastard Darwinism 低劣的进化论。 Example sentencesExamples I'm guessing that the bug I swallowed this morning was a hybrid of sorts, a bastard child conceived of a drunken cricket and a desperate ladybug. And speaking of which, after a fashion, experiments with new routes into work took me past Chariots, which looks from the outside like the bastard lovechild of a Greek restaurant and an auto repair shop. Kudos to them as this cd has an appeal many don't but lets face it, they're still rubbing along in a bastard genre, they're just a bit better than most at it. English is a bastard language borne out primarily of the mixture of languages of people who successfully invaded the The British Isles (of whom there were several prior to 1066). ‘People don't see comedy as an art form, they see it as the bastard son of storytelling,’ he says after we've reached the cafe and ordered the coffee. And even though English is the ultimate in bastard languages already, we don't like it so much when cultural globalization works in the opposite direction. Along the way, however, the reader gets a crash course in early comic strips, and it is within the literary tradition of this bastard medium that he defiantly sets his work. Synonyms hybrid, alloyed adulterated, impure, inferior 1.1 (of a handwriting script or typeface) showing a mixture of different styles. （字迹，字体）不合标准的；混杂的 Example sentencesExamples A typeface named Bastard is typical of his often irreverent attitude to the industry of advertising and design. Its a bastard typeface, each character stands alone as an independent angular structure. The brand new Bastard-family is a modern caps-only display typeface with OpenType features. Text occupies a single column in a bastard typeface, while the title-page uses a mixture of bastard and roman type (the latter for Latin text), and of black and red lettering. The Bastard Secretary Hand represents a variation of the Bastard hand, a reform of the court hand, developed in the early 14th century in an attempt to reform the by-now deteriorated standard court hand. 2derogatory, archaic attributive Born of parents not married to each other; illegitimate. 〈古或贬〉私生子 a bastard child Example sentencesExamples While the first movie does have more of an adult theme to it (uh, she birthed a bastard child from a married family man), the last two lend themselves to more of a family audience. The closest thing to nobility found in our ranks is the bastard son of a petty knight (the captain). After all, it would be disastrous if the people ever found out that she had a bastard child born out of wedlock. Albert plays Jack, a man who must face up to the fact that he is the bastard child of a rock star. An insolent stranger makes an unexpected appearance in Tara's house claiming to be her illegitimate nephew (the bastard son of Padma). Synonyms illegitimate, born out of wedlock archaic natural Usage In the past the word bastard was the standard term in both legal and non-legal use for ‘an illegitimate child’. Today, however, it has little importance as a legal term and is retained in this older sense only as a term of abuse Phrases (as) happy (or lucky, miserable, etc.) as a bastard on Father's Day informal Very unhappy (or unlucky, miserable, etc.) he looked as happy as a bastard on Father's Day Example sentencesExamples You'd find yourself as lonely as a bastard on Father's Day. If you and I stay right here we'll be happy as a bastard on Father's Day, mate. The once-proud structure became as unstable as a bastard on Father's Day. There I was, 'on my tod', and lonelier than a bastard on Father's Day! "I've got about as much luck as a bastard on Father's Day", laments a punter. I saw him standing all dressed up with nowhere to go looking as happy as a bastard on Father's Day. You might say he was as puzzled as a bastard on Father's Day. "About as witty as a bastard on Father's Day," Oscar said with fierce humor. Old Charlie was as confused as a bastard on Father's Day. I'm already as miserable as a bastard on Father's Day. keep the bastards honest informal Ensure that politicians behave fairly and openly. we're going to need someone to keep the bastards honest Example sentencesExamples He has tried to paint himself as the party that keeps the bastards honest. He warned politicians on Wednesday, "I'm not here to keep the bastards honest; I'm here to get rid of the bastards." The candidates will be viewed as 'the infighting bastards', rather than candidates that can 'keep the bastards honest'. We keep the bastards honest and we have the mechanisms to keep ourselves honest too. The best parliaments happen when independents are keeping the bastards honest. Derivatives bastardy nounˈbɑːstədiˈbæstərdi mass nounderogatory, archaic 1The state of being born to parents who are not married to each other; illegitimacy. 〈古或贬〉私生子 while bastardy was not always a bar to succession, it certainly made things more difficult 1.1 The action of fathering an illegitimate child or children. Example sentencesExamples Local communities, however, punished ordinary persons convicted of bastardy severely, out of fear that bastards might become a financial burden on the parish. No word yet if they'll marry to save the child from bastardy. Yes, it is a small organization intent on removing the stigma of bastardy from illegitimate children. a man charged with bastardy might be ordered to marry the child's mother Origin Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin bastardus, probably from bastum 'packsaddle'; compare with Old French fils de bast, 'packsaddle son' (i.e. the son of a mule driver who uses a packsaddle for a pillow and is gone by morning). Bastard probably derives from medieval Latin bastum ‘packsaddle’ (a horse's saddle which was adapted for supporting loads); the French equivalent was fils de bast or ‘packsaddle son’. The reference was to a loose-living mule driver who used a packsaddle for a pillow and the next morning was off to the next town. See also bat noun.1 phr. Definition of bastard in US English: bastard nounˈbastərdˈbæstərd 1informal An unpleasant or despicable person. 〈非正式〉讨厌鬼，卑鄙小人 he lied to me, the bastard! Example sentencesExamples Mostly, though, they're bastards but one of them is your bastard. I need to stop trying to change people who like being rat bastards. She fell out with the ungrateful bastards of that particular branch of my mother's extended family, and we didn't visit that bunch this year. Soon I'll be allowed to dislike art without old bastards nodding wisely. He's a bastard, a brute, an offense to human decency. Those little bastards who criticise me don't understand. Even if you were a reporter like those irritating bastards who hound me every second of every day, you wouldn't know! Those wretched bastards must be pleased with their work. All these years I comforted myself by telling myself that I was too good for the irresponsible man, and that I didn't need the good-for-nothing bastard. The bastards won't change their behaviour until their business goes under because all the good workers have gone to good employers. Names have been changed to protect the bastard. But although her father hadn't been bad to her, he'd been a complete bastard to her mother, and she hated him for that. Had he refused to cooperate, she would have labelled him ‘a bastard, a fascist, an idiot,’ as was her wont. As last time, we were all a little fatter, balder and/or greyer, apart from the bastards who hadn't changed at all. I am a bastard, incorrigible, ungentlemanly and a beast. Okay that was the dumbest speculation I've ever had and you bastards let me say it like some sort of idiot. I hate being helpless when those rich powerful bastards beat mother. I'd be willing to bet that he's been planning this for years… what a lowlife bastard. To me they were all dogs, scum, idiots, bastards… well, you get the point. So we like to judge our actions as those of good people dealing with ‘the real world’, instead of as natural bastards doing what bastards do naturally. Synonyms scoundrel, villain, rogue, rascal, brute, animal, weasel, snake, monster, ogre, wretch, devil, good-for-nothing, reprobate, wrongdoer, evil-doer 1.1British with adjective A person of a specified kind. 人，家伙 he was a lucky bastard 他是个幸运的家伙。 Example sentencesExamples Even Leo's not half bad in it despite the fact the poor squeaky bastard never has a chance against DDL. You know Kashiro, unlike you I am a poor weak bastard. The poor little bastard's still out there somewhere. I was only trying to be friendly, the poor little bastards must've been starving if nobody was feeding them. He glanced back one more time to his friends in time to catch Alan mouth the words, ‘Lucky bastard.’ Some people get to go home today - lucky bastards. I'm just one of the lucky bastards who got funding. I'm desperate to see whether Yoichi finally gets a lucky break - poor little bastard. Then Stan sent me this, probably the most unfortunate of all, poor bastard! And I thought, I don't want to bother this poor bastard, but I have to get in to save me boy! If that's all you have to worry about, Tom, then you are one lucky bastard. And in lots of ways I've been a lucky, jammy bastard. He laid down his card and agreed, ‘Lucky bastard.’ But, in the end, he settled for the position of Admiral, and watched every other lucky bastard as they boarded, what should have been, his ship. It's not going to be my fault when some poor, watermarked bastard gets dragged off to Guantanamo Bay. I'm sorry, man, you must be a lonely poor bastard. Synonyms person, human being, human, being, mortal, soul, creature, thing 1.2British A difficult or awkward undertaking, situation, or device. 极棘手的事；极讨厌的事 it's been a bastard of a week 这真是讨厌的一个星期。 Example sentencesExamples It's a bastard of a fine line to walk with Wainwright being more self aware than your average flamboyant drama queen opera fan. This was an absolute bastard (the descent was also a bit hairy due to a strong sidewind). If you want my opinion, it's a bastard of a game - swift, bold and beautiful. But hey, don't give up on me, Jo. It's nearly Christmas, it's been a bastard of a year, and I'd love to talk to you. Golf is a bastard of a game. It was a difficult bastard to empty and move, as it's a ‘waveless’ type and the waddy stuff inside retains heaps of water and makes it heavy. And for three skinny fellows, they make an absolute bastard of a guitar racket. After all my rabbiting on about the foolishness of those plebs who choose to spurn the way of the Proper Bow Tie, I've had a bastard of a time for the last couple of days figuring out how the heck you actually tie one. The filling is a bastard of a mix of crunchy water chestnuts, baby corn, cilantro and ground peanuts. Though, when I do want to make an effort, I face an absolute bastard of a hurdle: my hair. Avant garde/underground short films are an absolute bastard to get hold of. After taking ages to get ready, and a bastard of a commute, we were running late. Of course, next time I post I'll probably be sitting here nursing a bastard of a hangover and a misanthropic grudge against the universe as per usual, so make the most of it. A shorter trip than usual this week - it's hard to travel with a bastard of a headcold. I've read about 100 pages these last two days and gotten a bastard of a headache for my troubles. I've just come down with a bastard of a cold, got me thinking along these lines. 2derogatory, archaic A person born of parents not married to each other. 〈古或贬〉私生子 Example sentencesExamples Besides, my marriage means my son is a legitimate child, not a bastard as these rumor mongers would have you believe. I am merely a bastard, born to one of his secondary wives. To his warped mind it appeared that his natural father had robbed him of his rightful inheritance by having him born a bastard, and this whole affair was no more than the result of his terrible revenge! For one, a bastard is a child conceived out of wedlock, which you weren't, and for second, I'm sure your parents had every intention of conceiving you. He talked to him and convinced him that this wedding should take place as soon as possible because his bride does not want their son to be born a bastard. Synonyms illegitimate child, child born out of wedlock adjectiveˈbastərdˈbæstərd 1(of a thing) no longer in its pure or original form; debased. （事物）杂种的；低劣的 a bastard Darwinism 低劣的进化论。 Example sentencesExamples Along the way, however, the reader gets a crash course in early comic strips, and it is within the literary tradition of this bastard medium that he defiantly sets his work. I'm guessing that the bug I swallowed this morning was a hybrid of sorts, a bastard child conceived of a drunken cricket and a desperate ladybug. And speaking of which, after a fashion, experiments with new routes into work took me past Chariots, which looks from the outside like the bastard lovechild of a Greek restaurant and an auto repair shop. ‘People don't see comedy as an art form, they see it as the bastard son of storytelling,’ he says after we've reached the cafe and ordered the coffee. And even though English is the ultimate in bastard languages already, we don't like it so much when cultural globalization works in the opposite direction. Kudos to them as this cd has an appeal many don't but lets face it, they're still rubbing along in a bastard genre, they're just a bit better than most at it. English is a bastard language borne out primarily of the mixture of languages of people who successfully invaded the The British Isles (of whom there were several prior to 1066). Synonyms hybrid, alloyed 1.1 (of a handwriting script or typeface) showing a mixture of different styles. （字迹，字体）不合标准的；混杂的 Example sentencesExamples The brand new Bastard-family is a modern caps-only display typeface with OpenType features. The Bastard Secretary Hand represents a variation of the Bastard hand, a reform of the court hand, developed in the early 14th century in an attempt to reform the by-now deteriorated standard court hand. Text occupies a single column in a bastard typeface, while the title-page uses a mixture of bastard and roman type (the latter for Latin text), and of black and red lettering. Its a bastard typeface, each character stands alone as an independent angular structure. A typeface named Bastard is typical of his often irreverent attitude to the industry of advertising and design. 2derogatory, archaic Born of parents not married to each other; illegitimate. 〈古或贬〉私生子 a bastard child Example sentencesExamples An insolent stranger makes an unexpected appearance in Tara's house claiming to be her illegitimate nephew (the bastard son of Padma). While the first movie does have more of an adult theme to it (uh, she birthed a bastard child from a married family man), the last two lend themselves to more of a family audience. After all, it would be disastrous if the people ever found out that she had a bastard child born out of wedlock. The closest thing to nobility found in our ranks is the bastard son of a petty knight (the captain). Albert plays Jack, a man who must face up to the fact that he is the bastard child of a rock star. Synonyms illegitimate, born out of wedlock Usage In the past the word bastard was the standard term in both legal and nonlegal use for ‘an illegitimate child’. Today, however, it has little importance as a legal term and is retained in this older sense only as a term of abuse Origin Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin bastardus, probably from bastum ‘packsaddle’; compare with Old French fils de bast, ‘packsaddle son’ (i.e. the son of a mule driver who uses a packsaddle for a pillow and is gone by morning).
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