bastards

noun

(vulgar, offensive or derogatory, usually referring specifically to a man) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.

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

(endearing or humorous) A man, a fellow, a male friend.

(often preceded by ‘poor’) A suffering person deemed deserving of compassion.

(informal) A child who does not know its father.

(informal) Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.

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

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

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

(UK, politics, derogatory) A Eurosceptic Conservative MP, especially in the government of John Major.

A bastard file.

A kind of sweet wine.

A large mould for straining sugar.

A writing paper of a particular size.

A surname from Old French.

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

verb

(obsolete) To bastardize.

adjective

Spurious, lacking authenticity: counterfeit, fake.

Of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc).

(of a language) Imperfect; not spoken or written well or in the classical style; broken.

(UK, Ireland, vulgar) Very unpleasant.

Of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant).

Of or like a bastard (bad person).

Of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross.

Used in the vernacular name of a species to indicate that it is similar in some way to another species, often (but not always) one of another genus.

(printing) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.

(theater lighting) Consisting of one predominant color blended with small amounts of complementary color; used to replicate natural light because of their warmer appearance.

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