Bastard and Hound

Bastard

Bastard noun - A person whose behavior is offensive to others.

Usage example: that bastard's behavior was completely out of line

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Hound and bastard are semantically related. in scumbag topic. In some cases you can use "Hound" instead a noun "Bastard".

Nearby Words: bastardize, bastardy, bastardised

Hound noun - A person whose behavior is offensive to others.

Usage example: nobody could stand that low-down hound and his penchant for mean-spirited pranks

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Bastard and hound are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bastard" instead a noun "Hound".

Nearby Words: hounded, hounding

old	old bastard	old hound
certain	certain bastard	certain hound
total	total bastard	total hound
cowardly	cowardly bastard	cowardly hound
Other adjectives: selfish, real, arrogant, huge, evil, little, bad, vicious, lazy, sick, murderous, ruthless, egotistical, literal.

This is definitely the case with Cherryworth, the Queen's Hound; he is the bastard of the duke of Kensington, and one of the most trusted operatives of the Queen.

Source: Heroic Bastard
There's also The Hound of the Baskervilles, where the Magnificent Bastard villain breeds a ferocious attack dog to scare an old man with a heart condition to death, and later tries to use it against his victim's nephew.

Source: Animal Assassin

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