1. Insulting term of address for people who are stupid, irritating or ridiculous
   "Don't be such a bastard and apologize for your mistake";
    
2. A child with parents that are not married to each other
   "The scandal erupted when news of the politician's bastard became public";
   - by-blow [informal], love child [informal], illegitimate child [informal], illegitimate [informal]
    
3. Derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular, inferior or of dubious origin
   "the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic";
   - mongrel [informal]

1. Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
   - bogus, fake, phony [N. Amer], phoney, cod [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: bastards

See also: counterfeit, imitative

Type of: disagreeable person, issue [formal], offspring, progeny, unpleasant person, variation

Encyclopedia: Bastard, Go and Kill