VERB | social | bastardize, bastardise | change something so that its value declines |
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communication | bastardize, bastardise | declare a child to be illegitimate |
Meaning | change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | bastardise | |
Broader | corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality |
Spanish | degradar | |
Nouns | bastard | derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine |
bastardization | an act that debases or corrupts |
Meaning | declare a child to be illegitimate. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonym | bastardise | |
Broader | declare, adjudge, hold | declare to be |
Nouns | bastard | the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents |
bastardization | declaring or rendering bastard |
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