Bastard and Standard

Bastard

Bastard adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: a bastard knockoff of a far superior thriller

Standard is an antonym for bastard.

Nearby Words: bastardize, bastardy, bastardised

Standard

Standard adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.

Bastard is an antonym for standard.

How words are described

old old bastard old standard
good good bastard good standard
certain certain bastard certain standard
actual actual bastard actual standard
Other adjectives: great, huge, absolute.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Red Orchestra The standard high-powered rifles easily pierce through the thin walls of houses or sheet metal to One-Hit Kill the poor bastard behind it.
  • Final Fantasy Tactics: Apart from all his standard Batman Gambit (in relation to Ramza,) and his own plan amid everyone else's Gambit Roulette, Delita may be seen as a Manipulative Bastard towards Ovelia if you think that he never truly loved her.
  • Manga / Barajou no Kiss This would be your bog standard Shoujo manga except for the Author's fondness for subverting, inverting, genderflipping, and generally tossing about the tropes common to the genre.So you think your father is a Manipulative Bastard out to ruin your life?
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