bastard
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Is bastard a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of bastard?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (dated) A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.Examples: "Jarrod: Who are you? Heath: Your father’s bastard son."Synonyms: love child, born in the vestry, illegitimatecountabledateduncountable
2. (vulgar, offensive or derogatory, usually referring specifically to a man) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.Examples: "Some bastard stole my car while I was helping an injured person."; "You sick bastard!"; "Don't be such a bastard already!"Synonyms: son of a bitch, arsehole, asshole, arsehole, ass, assface, asshat, assholecountablederogatoryoffensiveuncountableusuallyvulgar
3. (endearing or humorous) A man, a fellow, a male friend.Examples: "lucky bastard"; "funny bastard"; "Get over here, you old bastard!"countableendearinghumorousuncountable
4. (often preceded by ‘poor’) A suffering person deemed deserving of compassion.Examples: "Poor bastard, I feel so sorry for him."; "These poor bastards started out life probably in bad or broken homes."countableuncountable
5. (informal) A child who does not know its father.countableinformaluncountable
6. (informal) Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.Examples: "Life can be a real bastard."countableinformaluncountable
adj (English)
1. Of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc).Examples: "Of what race could these people be? Their language was a bastard Arabic, and yet they were not Arabs; I was quite sure of that."
2. (UK, Ireland, vulgar) Very unpleasant.Examples: "I’ve got a bastard headache."IrelandUKvulgar
3. (printing) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
4. (theater lighting) Consisting of one predominant color blended with small amounts of complementary color; used to replicate natural light because of their warmer appearance.Examples: "A bastard orange gel produces predominantly orange light with undertones of blue."
intj (English)
1. (rare) Exclamation of strong dismay or strong sense of being upset.Examples: "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."; "“Yes, I’m hhhhowwwwwwcch!” she yelped as she stubbed her toe against the bedpost. “Shit, shit, fuck, bastard, shit, crap!”"; "“Isn’t she lovely?” Clem asks, hopefully rhetorically. “Oh, bastard. I’ve got to go—that’s my signal. […]”"rare
verb (English)
1. (obsolete) To bastardize.Examples: "After her husband's death she was matter of tragedy , having lived to see her brother beheaded , and her two sons deposed from the crown , bastarded in their blood"obsolete
This word may be considered offensive or sensitive in some contexts.
Definition source: Wiktionary