Bastardize

Word BASTARDIZE
Character 10
Hyphenation bas tard ize
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Bastardize"

What do we mean by bastardize?

To lower in quality or character; debase. transitive verb

To declare or prove (someone) to be a bastard. transitive verb

To declare or prove to be a bastard; stigmatize as a bastard.

To beget out of wedlock.

To render mongrel or hybrid; make degenerate; debase: as, “a bastardized race of the Romans,”

To become degenerate.

Also spelled bastardise.

To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate. transitive verb

To beget out of wedlock. transitive verb

To change something (for example, art forms) so that its value declines; to debase. transitive verb

To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate. verb

To reduce from a higher to a lower state; to debase. verb

To introduce debased elements into. verb

To beget out of wedlock. verb

Change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms verb

Declare a child to be illegitimate verb

To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.

To reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or introducing debased elements; to debase.

To beget out of wedlock.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Bastardize

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The word "bastardize" in example sentences

The basic idea, which I’m going to horribly bastardize, is that social power is exerted not just through obvious physical or economic coercion, but also in the ways information is categorized and used. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Only Canadians would bastardize such wonderful food. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In, Kutcher — who isn't wearing his wedding ring and much was made of that by the chattering/blogging class — states, "There is no gatekeeper of the truth ... people can bastardize the truth in any way, shape or form that they want and spread that around the world." ❋ Unknown (2011)

Q: Ok, but organizations bastardize copyright law all the time. ❋ Rebecca Tushnet (2009)

"There is no gatekeeper of the truth ... people can bastardize the truth in any way, shape or form that they want and spread that around the world," he said in the video. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If they were just going to do a crazy hell story then do a crazy hell story, not take a name from one great Poem and bastardize it as much as possible. ❋ SVGL (2009)

"We send our soldiers off, sometimes to die, to tell people that ours is the best damn government in the world, so we can't bastardize that by not letting the people have their say," she said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Netizens in the region should not allow some individuals to bastardize and defeat the emancipatory potential of the worldwide web. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The democratic institutions have been bastardize that the nation is at a precipe of one party destructive rule. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Don't send me your bastardize, unholy alliance you have formed with the devil in an email to me. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Therefore people can bastardize the truth in any way, shape or truth they want, Ashton said, speaking in a low voice and directly facing the camera. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Two and a Half Men star then posted a video online last month saying "people can bastardize the truth," seemingly referencing rumors of their impending split. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Though we're excited to try Anya's recipe for patatas bravas, which looks quite approachable, and which we may even bastardize with a fried-egg topping, our first excursion into the book was a simple Romesco sauce. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To bastardize David Hume's essay, Moral and Political, 1742, the sanctity of marriage "exists merely in the mind which contemplates" it. by ❋ Unknown (2010)

I love that film, wish it would've been the one to top Titanic, and as much as I wouldn't want to bastardize the sheer cinematic brilliance of that film part of me would love to see that in 3D just for the fun of it! ❋ Unknown (2010)

To bastardize an original work by such an acclaimed artist almost seems like plagiarism, even if at heart it's an homage. ❋ Unknown (2008)

INDIAN yogis and Hindu leaders are in a huff over fears that Julia Roberts 'upcoming movie, "Eat, Pray, Love," will bastardize their religion and ... ❋ Unknown (2010)

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