Bastard - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com Bastard used to be a not nice thing you called a child whose parents weren't married But now it's a more general insult hurled toward a jerk or bad person Bastard can also simply mean "fraudulent " This is a great example of how words change in meaning over time
bastard - Wiktionary, the free dictionary 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 There were also made good and politic laws that parliament, against usury, which is the bastard use of money A bastard file