bastards
Born outside marriage
Bastards is the plural of bastard, meaning illegitimate children or, more often, unpleasant people: The bastards fired me on Christmas Eve.
It can be affectionate among friends: I love you bastards.
Dishonest, unprincipled people
- roguesDishonest or deviant individuals
- rascalsMischievous troublemakers
- cadsDishonorable men
- lowlifesDisreputable, immoral people
wretches · miscreants · blackguards · knaves · reprobates · degenerates · good-for-nothings · ne'er-do-wells
Offspring of unmarried parents
- wedlockState of being spouses
- unwedNot hitched
- paternityMale parent status
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
lineage · inheritance · parentage · ancestry · genealogy · natural · nonmarital · extramarital
Insulting group label
- epithetDescriptive tag for someone
- expletiveProfane emotional utterance
- pejorativeTerm expressing disapproval
- derogatoryExpressing criticism or disrespect
curse · profanity · invective · taunt · abuse · contempt · disdain · scorn
Socially rejected individuals
- outcastsRejected, excluded people
- rejectsRefuses or discards
- misfitsThose who don't belong
- undesirablesUnwanted or objectionable persons
marginalized · ostracized · shunned · disowned · alienated · unwanted · forsaken · abandoned
Armed opposition fighters
- underdogsCompetitors expected to fail
- mavericksUnorthodox, independent-minded people
- renegadesTraitors to a cause
- insubordinateDefying rightful authority
rebellious · scrappy · tenacious · audacious · bold · unbroken · unconquerable · fighters
scoundrels
Dishonest, unprincipled people
lowlifes · wretches · miscreants · blackguards · knaves · reprobates · degenerates · good-for-nothings · ne'er-do-wells · heels
lovechild
Offspring of unmarried parents
birthright · lineage · inheritance · parentage · ancestry · genealogy · natural · nonmarital · extramarital · biological
slur
Insulting group label
- epithetDescriptive tag for someone
- expletiveProfane emotional utterance
- pejorativeTerm expressing disapproval
derogatory · curse · profanity · invective · taunt · abuse · contempt · disdain · scorn · mockery
pariahs
Socially rejected individuals
undesirables · marginalized · ostracized · shunned · disowned · alienated · unwanted · forsaken · abandoned · disinherited
rebels
Armed opposition fighters
- underdogsCompetitors expected to fail
- mavericksUnorthodox, independent-minded people
- renegadesTraitors to a cause
insubordinate · rebellious · scrappy · tenacious · audacious · bold · unbroken · unconquerable · fighters · survivors
- family dramafamily bonds, sibling rivalry, family reunion, kinship, family secret
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
bastardslegitimate heirs
Legally recognized successor claimants
trueborn · heirs apparent · rightful heirs · sons and daughters · princes
bastardssaints
Canonized religious figures
angels · sweethearts · gentlemen · darlings · treasures
bastardspurebreds
Animals of documented lineage
thoroughbreds · originals · pedigrees · genuine articles · the real thing
- rat bastardVile, treacherous person
- bastard childChild of unmarried parents
- dirty bastards
- mean bastards
- Ol' Dirty Bastard
- bastard swordMedieval blade, flexible grip
bastard, bastardize, bastardized, bastardy, bastardise, bastardizes, bastardizing, bastardised, bastardises