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PRONUNCIATION OF BASTARDRY

bastardry  [ˈbɑːstədrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BASTARDRY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bastardry is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BASTARDRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bastardry in the English dictionary

The definition of bastardry in the dictionary is malicious or cruel behaviour.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BASTARDRY


Airdrie
ˈɛədrɪ
balladry
ˈbælədrɪ
cowardry
ˈkaʊədrɪ
Deirdre
ˈdɪədrɪ
foundry
ˈfaʊndrɪ
haphazardry
hæpˈhæzədrɪ
hazardry
ˈhæzədrɪ
Hendry
ˈhɛndrɪ
heraldry
ˈhɛrəldrɪ
husbandry
ˈhʌzbəndrɪ
indri
ˈɪndrɪ
laundry
ˈlɔːndrɪ
Lollardry
ˈlɒlədrɪ
misandry
ˈmɪsəndrɪ
padre
ˈpɑːdrɪ
quandary
ˈkwɒndrɪ
stewardry
ˈstjuːədrɪ
sundry
ˈsʌndrɪ
tawdry
ˈtɔːdrɪ
wizardry
ˈwɪzədrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BASTARDRY

basta
bastard
bastard cut
bastard daughter
bastard measles
bastard pop
bastard son
bastard title
bastard wing
bastardisation
bastardise
bastardism
bastardization
bastardize
bastardized
bastardly
bastardy
baste
baster
basti

WORDS THAT END LIKE BASTARDRY

air-dry
animal husbandry
blow-dry
bone dry
bone-dry
cut and blow-dry
dry
freeze-dry
high and dry
home and dry
iron foundry
legendry
medium-dry
overdry
polyandry
rough-dry
spin-dry
the dry
tumble-dry
type foundry

Synonyms and antonyms of bastardry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bastardry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BASTARDRY

Find out the translation of bastardry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bastardry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bastardry» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

bastardry
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bastardry
570 millions of speakers

English

bastardry
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bastardry
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

bastardry
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

bastardry
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bastardry
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bastardry
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bastardry
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bastardry
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bastardry
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bastardry
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bastardry
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bastardry
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bastardry
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bastardry
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दंडाधिकारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bastardry
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bastardry
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bastardry
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

bastardry
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bastardry
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bastardry
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bastardry
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bastardry
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bastardry
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bastardry

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BASTARDRY»

The term «bastardry» is used very little and occupies the 152.935 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of bastardry
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BASTARDRY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bastardry» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bastardry» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bastardry

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BASTARDRY»

Discover the use of bastardry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bastardry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Bastards I Have Met
An ABC of Bastards, containing the descriptions of the 26 original Bastards from the 1971 edition, with eight more Bastards added later for the 1995 edition.
Barry Crump, 2003
2
The Book of Bastards: 101 Worst Scoundrels and Scandals from ...
BASTARDRY? The Cherokee Indians of northern Georgia assimilated so completely with their Caucasian neighbors that they became known as one of the so-called “Civilized Tribes.” But when gold was discovered in their ancestral lands, ...
Brian Thornton, 2010
3
Australian Politics For Dummies
Ten. Acts. of. Political. Bastardry. in. Australia. In This Chapter Identifying actsofpoliticalbastardry Checking outtheimpactof'disloyal'politicians How could they do that? That's usually the question people ask when they talk about the politicians ...
Nick Economou, Zareh Ghazarian, 2010
4
Publications
Storne, burgess of Aberdene, being in our handis throw his decess, be way of bastardry ; quhilkis landis, gudis, and proffiitis tharof, oure said causing sal intromat tharwith, and vptak and inbring the tane halfe of the samyne to our factouris in ...
Spalding Club, Aberdeen, 1844
5
The book of the thanes of Cawdor: a series of papers ...
... personaly or at thare duelling placis to ansuere to the libell to be proponit and maid within twenty a dais nixt hereftir folowand, and that the said libell sal contene the excepcioun of Bastardry apone the quhilke the spirituale juge may knaw.
Cosmo Innes, John Frederick Vaughan Campbell Cawdor (2d earl of), 1859
6
Gambling Cultures: Studies in History and Interpretation
... J. (1982) The Writer and the Law, Geelong: School of Humanities, Deakin University. Dutton, M. (1991) 'The force of words', Australian Left Review 125:39– 41. Eldershaw, F.S. (1950) 'Bastardry, bastardry, bastardry', Meanjin 9(3):222–5.
Jan McMillen, 2005
7
The Book of Ancient Bastards: 101 of the Worst Miscreants ...
In a word: “bastardry”! Not necessarily out-and-out evil, but definitely bastardry. Empire-builders down through the ages have been veritable poster children for the notion of “bastardry”: Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, Napoleon, Hitler— the ...
Brian Thornton, 2011
8
Banker's Lies, Crimes and Suicides
Bastardry. of. Bankers. &. Breakfast. Food. Barons.” However, I was still not conformable with this one either, although the description of a banker as being a bastard appealed to me and certainly suited them, but then they had already accepted ...
Colin Uebergang, 2010
9
Meanjin
Bastardry,. Bastardry,. Bastardry. Power. Without. Glory. By. Frank. J. Hardy. ( Realist. Printing. and. Publishing. Co.;. Australian. distributors,. Joseph. Waters,. Col. lins. House,. Melbourne);. pp. 669;. 16s. 6d. 'POWER WITHOUT GLORY' came ...
10
The Politics of Logic: Badiou, Wittgenstein, and the ...
What is most essential to this operation, according to Lacan, is the recognition that there is no metalanguage, and hence no position from which to conduct the “ knavery” and “bastardry” in which traditional philosophy largely consists: The ...
Paul Livingston, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BASTARDRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bastardry is used in the context of the following news items.
1
What I learned from Hugh Grant about overcoming the darkest hour
That failures and transgressions and isolated acts of bastardry are not the full measure of anyone. That the intense naval-gazing advocated by ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
Conspiracy of silence
... and state human rights commissions in place, this kind of government bastardry would have become a thing of the past. It obviously has not. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
3
Falling birth rates are no bad thing
I think it was not so much on the initiative of politicians that this bastardry took place, but on legal advice; probably on the lines of "concede this ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
4
Baird Government will fund more than $140000 to repair vandalised …
... Elliott will today announce 31 memorials around the state will get a facelift, calling the vandalism of memorials “the ultimate act of bastardry”. «The Daily Telegraph, Jun 15»
5
Australia's 'Killing Season': Documentary series opens up the …
“Nothing,” she tells Ms Ferguson, “could lead you to expect... bastardry of that magnitude.” (Mr Rudd has denied being the leaker.) Although ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
6
Bill Shorten's crisis of confidence: how poll frontrunner became …
... rules specifically designed to protect Labor from its own endemic back-stabbing and bastardry, it was confidence that seemed to desert him. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
7
River cruises take in France, Russia, Germany, Austria and Serbia
Durnstein, famous for brandy and bastardry, wine and war. The photogenic medieval village is wedged between river and ruins about 85km ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
8
Nile Rodgers And Keith Urban Are Making EDM-Country Music, God …
Possibly aware of the hideous monster he is assiting to birth into a world unprepared for such bastardry, Rodgers tells the RAM reporter he is ... «Music Feeds, Jun 15»
9
The Killing Season: Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard both at fault
... double-crossing, back-stabbing and all-round bastardry – and not just on the Labor side – that characterised that period in Australian politics. «The Australian Financial Review, Jun 15»
10
Julia Gillard on moment that should have ended Tony Abbott's career
... Cabinet leaks which undermined Ms Gillard's government, saying 'there is nothing that could lead you to expect, bastardry of that magnitude'. «Daily Mail, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Bastardry [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bastardry>. Apr 2024 ».
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