Bastard is an English word with synonyms like prick or motherfucker. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Bastard in a sentence
Related words
Bastard 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).
- A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.
Synonyms of Bastard
Bastard vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Bastard
- The main meaning on this page is: 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). | A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.
- Useful related words include: whoreson, prick, motherfucker, mother fucker.
- Possible Dutch translations are: mormel, ondermaats, voorvijl.
- In the example corpus, bastard often appears in combinations such as: the bastard, bastard and, as bastard.
Context around Bastard
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 3 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bastard
- In this selection, "bastard" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fat, targaryen, poor, son, coasted and filling stand out and add context to how "bastard" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a backstabbing bastard and a poor bastard or a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bastard" sits close to words such as acupuncture, aero and ahl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bastard
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bastard out Of Carolina Where to Watch? (7 words)
Not a single American bastard noticed this. (7 words)
But had me willing to hear the bastard out. (9 words)
At this point, it’s not wholly clear if Hugh’s mother was simply another Targaryen bastard, but by saying she had more freedom “because of who she was” suggests that she might actually have been a Targaryen herself! (39 words)
Flanagan rebutted that “if he is a poor bastard or a poor hoor, he is still a bastard or a hoor”, but fifty-three years of hindsight have shown that O’Malley’s point stands. (35 words)
Near the end of her quest, she meets Jon Snow, a bastard son of Ned Stark who turns out to actually be her nephew, Aegon Targaryen, and the true Targaryen heir to the throne. (34 words)
One of them addressed me as a bastard and I was surprised, I said, you called me a bastard? (19 words)
Bastard out Of Carolina Where to Watch? (7 words)
Today it would seem odd to describe a flower with the word “bastard” – why apply a term of personal abuse to a flower? (23 words)
So, I started playing the Bo Diddley beat and immediately I knew he was right, the bastard! (17 words)
At this point, it’s not wholly clear if Hugh’s mother was simply another Targaryen bastard, but by saying she had more freedom “because of who she was” suggests that she might actually have been a Targaryen herself! (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
One of them addressed me as a bastard and I was surprised, I said, you called me a bastard?
Flanagan rebutted that “if he is a poor bastard or a poor hoor, he is still a bastard or a hoor”, but fifty-three years of hindsight have shown that O’Malley’s point stands.
Smelly Pirate HookerPeople are bastard-coasted bastards with bastard filling.
Bastard out Of Carolina Where to Watch?
But had me willing to hear the bastard out.
Flora Li Thiemenn () will play one of the mentors to the unlucky tributes and Isobel Jesper Jones (The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself) will play the daughter of District 12's mayor.
His real name was Brynden Rivers, and he was a bastard son of King Aegon IV, eventually being legitimized.
Near the end of her quest, she meets Jon Snow, a bastard son of Ned Stark who turns out to actually be her nephew, Aegon Targaryen, and the true Targaryen heir to the throne.
Not a single American bastard noticed this.
Other than Austin Powers and Dr. Evil, Myers also played Fat Bastard and Goldmember, while Robert Wagner, Seth Green, Verne Troyer, Michael Caine, and Rob Lowe added to the great cast.
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has joked that his deputy Jackie Baillie is his "designated bastard” in the party.
Sheamus replied that he’s not his parent, but he considered him a brother, but you’re not, you’re a backstabbing bastard.
So, I started playing the Bo Diddley beat and immediately I knew he was right, the bastard!
The last time audiences saw the Bastard of the North, he was trudging back North of the Wall with his fellow brothers of the Night's Watch.
The Three-Eyed Crow is the long-dead Brynden Rivers, a Targaryen bastard known as Bloodraven.
Today it would seem odd to describe a flower with the word “bastard” – why apply a term of personal abuse to a flower?
While the man SAS calls “fat bastard” couldn’t care less what anyone thinks, especially those of color.
You do bastard journalism that doesn’t help at all,” Bolsonaro railed.
And now Beck himself has spoken out about the incident, with a picture emerging of the alleged bite mark on social media with the caption "scruffy bastard".
At this point, it’s not wholly clear if Hugh’s mother was simply another Targaryen bastard, but by saying she had more freedom “because of who she was” suggests that she might actually have been a Targaryen herself!
Common combinations with bastard
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the bastard 14×
- bastard and 6×
- as bastard 5×
- poor bastard 5×
- bastard son 5×
- little bastard 5×
- bastard of 4×
- bastard or 3×
- bastard out 3×
- fat bastard 3×