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bastardlike

bastardlike adjective: like, resembling, or characteristic of a bastard; bastardly.

Adjective

bastardlike (comparative more bastardlike, superlative most bastardlike)

  1. Like, resembling, or characteristic of a bastard; bastardly
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Forms of bastardlike

comparativemore bastardlike
superlativemost bastardlike
alternative formbastard-like

Origin of bastardlike

From bastard + -like.

Questions about bastardlike

What does bastardlike mean?
Bastardlike means like, resembling, or characteristic of a bastard; bastardly.
What part of speech is bastardlike?
Bastardlike is an adjective.

Words near bastardlike in the dictionary

  1. bastardizers
  2. bastardizes
  3. bastardizing
  4. bastardizings
  5. bastardless
  6. bastardlike
  7. bastardliness
  8. bastardling
  9. bastardlings
  10. bastardly
  11. bastardly gullion

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