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BASTARDISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bastardise mean?
• BASTARDISE (verb)
The verb BASTARDISE has 2 senses:
1. change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms
2. declare a child to be illegitimate
Familiarity information: BASTARDISE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: bastardised
Past participle: bastardised
-ing form: bastardising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
bastardise; bastardize
Hypernyms (to "bastardise" is one way to...):
corrupt; debase; debauch; demoralise; demoralize; deprave; misdirect; pervert; profane; subvert; vitiate (corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
bastard (derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin)
bastardisation (an act that debases or corrupts)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Declare a child to be illegitimate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
bastardise; bastardize
Hypernyms (to "bastardise" is one way to...):
adjudge; declare; hold (declare to be)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
bastard (the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents)
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