bastardize
About 0.01 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.
- verb To reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or introducing debased elements; to debase.
The simplified word processor is a less-functional, bastardized version of the full program.
- verb To beget out of wedlock.
Similar words
bastardise illegitimatize embastardize imbastardize illegitimate illegitimize illegitimise delegitimate assume bootleg
Often followed by
the her a his
Word family
bastardization bastardizations bastardized bastardizes bastardizing
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