Meanings
verbbastardise (third-person singular simple present bastardises, present participle bastardising, simple past and past participle bastardised)
present singular third person bastardises · participle present bastardising · participle past bastardised · past bastardised
- UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of bastardize.
‘I have bastardised both my daughters.’
2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 380
Synonyms & antonyms
verbchange something so that its value declines; for example, art forms
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Origin
- Latinbastardus
- Old Frenchbastard
- Middle Englishbastard
- Englishbastard
- Englishbastardise
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APA
bastardise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bastardise
MLA
“bastardise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bastardise. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bastardise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bastardise.
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