bastardize Synonyms
Strongest:
- enhance
- restore
- ennoble
- elevate
- improve
- perfect
- elevate
- exalt
- enrich
- honor
- honor
- uplift
- amend
- exalt
- enhance
- perfect
- restore
- enrich
- uplift
- better
- amend
- better
- ennoble
- improve
Strong:
- clean
- dignify
- ameliorate
- purify
- refine
- clarify
- cleanse
- clean
- dignify
- refine
- clarify
- cleanse
- ameliorate
- purify
- respect
- respect
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
humiliate, demean, poison, cheapen, deprave, destroy, corrupt, dilute, debase, deteriorate
enhance, restore, ennoble,elevate, improve, perfect, elevate, exalt, enrich, honor
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.
