bastardize Synonyms
Strongest:
- better
- elevate
- uplift
- improve
- enrich
- uplift
- elevate
- enhance
- honor
- exalt
- better
- amend
- restore
- perfect
- honor
- exalt
- ennoble
- amend
- enhance
- perfect
- restore
- improve
- ennoble
- enrich
Strong:
- respect
- ameliorate
- dignify
- purify
- clarify
- respect
- cleanse
- cleanse
- refine
- purify
- clarify
- clean
- dignify
- ameliorate
- clean
- refine
Weak:
bastardize Meaning
bastardize (v)
change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms
declare a child to be illegitimate
bastardize (v. t.)
To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate.
To beget out of wedlock.
bastardize Sentence Examples
- The once-pristine language had been bastardized by slang and colloquialisms.
- The original recipe had been bastardized over time, rendering it unrecognizable.
- The so-called "classic" film had been bastardized with gratuitous special effects.
- The religious text had been bastardized by generations of mistranslations and misinterpretations.
- The artist's style had been bastardized by imitators who lacked his talent.
- The true nature of the event had been bastardized by biased media coverage.
- The academic paper had been bastardized by plagiarism and shoddy research.
- The historical account had been bastardized to fit a particular political agenda.
- The once-respected tradition had been bastardized into a vulgar spectacle.
- The original work of art had been bastardized by numerous cheap reproductions.
FAQs About the word bastardize
change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms, declare a child to be illegitimateTo make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bast
subvert, cheapen, weaken, humiliate, demean, deteriorate, poison, dilute, ruin, corrupt
better,elevate, uplift, improve, enrich, uplift, elevate, enhance, honor, exalt
The once-pristine language had been bastardized by slang and colloquialisms.
The original recipe had been bastardized over time, rendering it unrecognizable.
The so-called "classic" film had been bastardized with gratuitous special effects.
The religious text had been bastardized by generations of mistranslations and misinterpretations.
