Meaning

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

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

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

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

• A man, a fellow, a male friend.

  "Get over here, you old bastard!"

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

  "Poor bastard, I feel so sorry for him."

• A child who does not know his or her father.

• Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.

  "Life can be a real bastard."

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

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

• An intermediate-grade file; also bastard file.

• A sweet wine.

• 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.

• A large mould for straining sugar.

• A writing paper of a particular size.

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

Meaning

• To bastardize.

Meaning

• 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 culverin"

• Spurious, lacking authenticity: counterfeit, fake.

• 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.

  "bastard gemsbok"

• Very unpleasant.

  "I've got a bastard headache."

• 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.

  "A bastard orange gel produces predominantly orange light with undertones of blue."

Meaning

• Exclamation of strong dismay or strong sense of being upset.