What is the meaning of bastard?

Insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous.
- synonyms: asshole, cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOB
The illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents.
- synonyms: by-blow, love child, illegitimate child, illegitimate, whoreson
Derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin.
- usage: "the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic"
- synonyms: mongrel

Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance.
- synonyms: bogus, fake, phony, phoney

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