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 change direction or position

to reject or disallow by exercising one's superior authority; to override a decision

to chase and kill animals for food or sport; to search for something carefully

to say something in order to convey information or express feelings

to set the boundaries or limits of something

to choose; to take or select from a group; to pluck or gather