How do you pronounce bastardize?

bastardize is pronounced as /ˈbæstərdaɪz/.

🧩bastardize

verb

/ˈbæstərdaɪz/

to corrupt or debase something by altering it from its original form; to change in a way that reduces quality or purity

Critics argue that the remake bastardized the original novel.

corrupt, debase, distort, adulterate, pervert

preserve, purify, refine

bastardize a language, bastardize a tradition, bastardize the original, culturally bastardized

to make something magnetic or to strongly attract

to make something steady, secure, or unlikely to change suddenly

to understand or grasp the meaning of something

To make clothes or fabric by interlocking loops of yarn with needles.

to cry out suddenly in surprise, strong emotion, or excitement

to deny responsibility for or connection with something