Word Finder - bastards

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A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.

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• born in the vestry
• illegitimate
• love-child

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A mongrel (biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties).

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(typically referring to a man) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.

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Some bastard stole my car while I was helping an injured person.

synonyms

• arsehole
• asshole
• son of a bitch

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A man, a fellow, a male friend.

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Get over here, you old bastard!

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(often preceded by 'poor') A person deserving of pity.

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Poor bastard, I feel so sorry for him.

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A child who does not know his or her father.

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Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.

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Life can be a real bastard.

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A variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin, fake or counterfeit.

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The architecture was a kind of bastard, suggesting Gothic but not being true Gothic.

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An intermediate-grade file; also bastard file.

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A sweet wine.

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A sword that is midway in length between a short-sword and a long sword; also bastard sword.

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An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from syrups that have been boiled several times.

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A large mould for straining sugar.

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A writing paper of a particular size.

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A Eurosceptic Conservative MP, especially in the government of John Major.

Two other bastards were placed on the episcopal throne of Liege, an illegitimate brother on that of Cambrai.

Filled with enthusiasm for the Socratic idea of virtue, he founded a school of his own in the Cynosarges, the hall of the bastards (P6001).

Of these bastards the most important is Robert, earl of Gloucester, upon whom fell the main burden of defending Matilda's title against Stephen.

The favour he showed his bastards led to protest from the nobles, and to conflicts between his sons legitimate and illegitimate.

For instance, the concubine was not raised, like the wife, to her husband's rank, nor were her children legitimate, though they enjoyed legal rights forbidden to mere bastards, e.g.

To these were added, from the time of Louis XIV., the princes legitimes, recognized bastards of the sovereign, who ranked next after the princes of the blood.

Among his bastards the most famous were the children of Gabrielle d'Estrees - Caesar, duke of Vendome, Alexander of Vendome, and Catherine Henriette, duchess of Elbeuf.

His children therefore were bastards, the offspring of a bigamous union.

A married man might be united in barragania to a woman other than his lawful wife, and the children of that connection, though not fully legitimate, were not bastards.

Not long afterwards Lauzun, for another cause, was imprisoned in Pignerol, and it was years before Mademoiselle was able to buy his release from the king by settling no small portion of her estates on Louis's bastards.

The right of bastards to inherit the mother's property is recognized, and the age of consent has been placed at sixteen years.

Stopping these bastards who snatch children is almost as important as saving them.

Meanwhile, bastards are raping babies and we're sitting around bitching at each other.

God knows, I've seen the bastards before, in their formative years.

The opportunistic bastards that you all are, you'd take advantage of a time like this.

The little bastards never spoke the absolute truth.

Besides, they're hard little bastards to catch, if you hadn't noticed, Damian pointed out.

Little bastards said she had to die.

Whatever had happened in the immortal realm to make him hate the little bastards, he was glad the sense of distrust wasn't wiped out with his memories.

The last thing I need is an Army of Souls in the hands of those bastards.

They're all selfish bastards.

The bastards are going to find out they can't screw with me.

I only had lunch with him three or four times and those bastards tell you I'm....

I hate any bastards, they're like Cure fans.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.. .

Damn sight better to kill the bastards, I've always thought.

It's the greedy bastards at the top who are killing the smaller cubs.

I played to some miserable bastards in a small bar in the center of Manchester for very little laughter or money.

But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons ' .

I had been so determined not to, but the bastards went for the emotional jugular.

We're all wrong and come showtime there are about 300 mad bastards ready to tear the place apart.

Certainly. [Hangs up, turns to friend] Hey, there 's a couple of right randy bastards coming round now !

You 're tarred and feathered with the rest of the scabby bastards.

We 're all wrong and come showtime there are about 300 mad bastards ready to tear the place apart.

Royal Mail 's top bosses may be bastards, but they are not all entirely stupid bastards.

We HATE those scum over here... ****ing right about that, ****ing useless bastards !

Maybe it's just my childhood roots, stuck in the memory of being chased by those bastards in the original, but even the baby Metroids make me mess myself from time to time.

You must think we're real bastards.

It is said that a thousand bastards (the "children of the Harra") were born in consequence of these days.