bastardly
bastardly adjective: having been born out of marriage.
Adjective
bastardly (comparative more bastardly, superlative most bastardly)
- Having been born out of marriage.
- Synonyms:
- illegitimate, base, baseborn, base born, extramarital, misbegotten, nameless, natural, spurious, unwanted
- Of no use or purpose; useless; worthless.
Adverb
bastardly (comparative more bastardly, superlative most bastardly)
- In a bastardly manner.
Synonyms of bastardly
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- degenerate
- cacky
- cocking
- cruddy
- draffish
- dreckish
- drecky
- for the birds
- fucking
- garbagey
- good-for-naught
- good-for-nothing
- goodless
- ineffectual
- jabberwocky
- junky
- mouldy
- no-account
- no good / no-good
- nonvaluable
- not worth a damn
- not worth a dime
- not worth a plug nickel
- not worth a brass farthing
- not worth a cent
- not worth a cress
- not worth a curse
- not worth a Continental
- not worth a farthing
- not worth a nickel
Forms of bastardly
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more bastardly |
| superlative | most bastardly |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more bastardly |
| superlative | most bastardly |
Origin of bastardly
From bastard + -ly.
Words formed from bastardly
Phrases with bastardly
Questions about bastardly
- What does bastardly mean?
- Bastardly means having been born out of marriage.
- What part of speech is bastardly?
- Bastardly can be an adjective or an adverb.
Words near bastardly in the dictionary
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