bastard

2 definitions • 5 examples

an unpleasant person:

He was a bastard to his wife.

You lied to me, you bastard!

humorous You won again? You lucky bastard! (= I don't think you deserve it)

This crossword's a bastard (= very difficult).

a person born to parents who are not married to each other:

He was born in 1798, the bastard son of a country squire and his mistress.