Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bastardish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bas-tardish
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like or characteristic of a bastard; bastardised

Example Sentences

""[...] Fresh from victory, the bastardish swine.""
"But the bastardish mixture in the work of Per Olov Enquist is congenial to express both, especially the subtle dependency and interaction between them."
"Disgusting, unfriendly, rotten, fucking sordid place with heaps of unfriendly, bastardish, rude, dangerous, mother-fucking assholes either hassling you with their shit or looking for a fight. Dakar is pure, sheer rot. I HATE the place."
"The last conversation with her started with me blubbering out something about needing to go back to make some money... what a bastardish thing to say."

Etymology

From bastard + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: bastard

Inflected Forms

more bastardish (comparative) most bastardish (superlative)

Questions

What does bastardish mean?: Like or characteristic of a bastard; bastardised
Where does bastardish come from?: From bastard + -ish.

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