son of a bitch
son of a bitch noun: an objectionable, despicable person.
Noun
son of a bitch (plural sons of bitches or sons of a bitch)
- An objectionable, despicable person.
- My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son of a bitch.
- Those sons of bitches don’t stand a chance.
- Any objectionable thing.
- "This son of a bitch won't move!" Marty exclaimed as he grappled with the supermarket cart.
- An impressive, daring, or admirable man.
- I quickly checked around and I found Simon, he was hit but landed on a dead horse, the lucky son of a bitch could have been dead but the animal absorbed his fall and now he was on the ground trying to stay alive.2022, Angelo Indelicato, The Tales of a Templar Knight
- A suffering person deemed deserving of compassion.
- That poor son of a bitch didn't even make it.
Interjection
son of a bitch
- Used to express anger, contempt, astonishment, disappointment, dismay, etc.
- Argh! Son of a bitch! I had just cut my arm.
- Synonyms:
- motherfucker, oh my God, Jesus Christ
son of a bitch meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Tagalog
son of a bitch in Hindi
- objectionable person
- कुत्ते का बच्चा kutte kā baccā
son of a bitch in Urdu
- objectionable person
- کُتّے کا بَچَّہ kutte kā bacca
son of a bitch in Bengali
- objectionable person
- খাংকির পোলা khaṅkir pōla, শালার বাচ্চা śalar bacca
son of a bitch in Tagalog
- objectionable person
- anak ng putang ina
More languagesFewer languages
- son of a bitch in Arabic
- اِبْن كَلْب ibn kalb, اِبْن الشَّرْمُوطَة ibn aš-šarmūṭa, اِبْن الْعَاهِرَة ibn al-ʕāhira, اِبْن زِنَا ibn zinā
- son of a bitch in Malay
- bangsat, anak haram, anak gampang
- son of a bitch in Indonesian
- bajingan, keparat
- son of a bitch in Thai
- ชาติหมา châat-mǎa, เก๋าเจ้ง gǎo-jêeng, ไอ้บ้า âi-bâa, เหี้ย hîia
- son of a bitch in Vietnamese
- đồ chó đẻ
- son of a bitch in Myanmar
- ခွေးမသား hkwe:ma.sa:
Examples of son of a bitch in a sentence
- There's that snarling cur, and son of a Bitch Boccaline.1685, John Eachard, The grounds & occasions of the contempt of the clergy and religion enquired into, 9th edition, London, page 252:
- He had the insolence obliquely to give me the name of Son of a Bitch.1691, Thomas Shadwell, The Humorists, a Comedy, London, page 22:
- […] Count Davia, like a Son of a Bitch as he is, Chop'd upon mine and the Duke of Mantuu's Equipage, and rubb'd off with our Plate, Jewels, and other Knicknacks of Inestimable Value.1703, Thomas Brown, Letters from the living to the living, relating to the present transactions both Publick and Private, page 105:
Synonyms of son of a bitch
- cyka blyat
- son of a bachelor
- son of a duck
- son of a fuck
- son of a gun
- son of a nutcracker
- son of a sea-cook
- son of a whore
- SOB
- SOAB
3 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of son of a bitch
| plural | sons of bitches |
|---|---|
| plural | sons of a bitch |
| alternative form | son-of-a-bitch |
| alternative form | sonofabitch |
| alternative form | sonovabitch |
| alternative form | sonuvabitch |
| alternative form | son of bitch |
| alternative form | sumbitch |
Origin of son of a bitch
Alteration of an earlier phrase represented by Middle English biche-sone (“son of a bitch”, literally “bitch's son”), calqued from Old Norse bikkju-sonr (“son of a bitch”).
Words formed from son of a bitch
Questions about son of a bitch
- What does son of a bitch mean?
- Son of a bitch means an objectionable, despicable person.
- What is son of a bitch in Hindi?
- Son of a bitch in Hindi is कुत्ते का बच्चा (kutte kā baccā). See Son of a bitch meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use son of a bitch in a sentence?
- There's that snarling cur, and son of a Bitch Boccaline.
- What part of speech is son of a bitch?
- Son of a bitch can be a noun or an interjection.
- What is the plural of son of a bitch?
- The plural of son of a bitch is sons of bitches.
Words near son of a bitch in the dictionary
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