What is another word for whoreson?

Pronunciation: [wˈɔːsən] (IPA)

The term "whoreson" is a derogatory term that refers to an illegitimate child or a person with an unknown or questionable parentage. Synonyms for the word "whoreson" include bastard, love child, illegitimate, baseborn, and spurious. In addition to these terms, other slang expressions are also used to describe such individuals, including misbegotten, illegit, and hamesucken. While these terms are widely used in informal settings, they are considered offensive and should be avoided in proper communication. It is essential to always be mindful of how we speak and choose our words carefully to avoid hurting someone's feelings unintentionally.

What are the hypernyms for Whoreson?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Whoreson

I love not this whoreson 'losophers, Nor this great cunning extromers, That tell how far it is to the stars; I hate all manner cunning!
"A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I."
R. Dodsley
What callst her, quoth he, thou whoreson?
"A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I."
R. Dodsley
His first act, after nodding to Tom, was to seize on a pewter and resort to the cask in the corner, from whence he drew a pint or so of the contents, having, as he said, "'a whoreson longing for that poor creature, small beer.
"Tom Brown at Oxford"
Thomas Hughes

Famous quotes with Whoreson

  • A knave; a rascal; an eater of broken meats; a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy, worsted-stocking knave; a lily-livered, action-taking knave, a whoreson, glass-gazing, super-serviceable finical rogue; one-trunk-inheriting slave; one that wouldst be a bawd, in way of good service, and art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pandar, and the son and heir of a mongrel bitch: one whom I will beat into clamorous whining, if thou deniest the least syllable of thy addition.
    Earl of Kent
  • Where's he that died o' yesterday? What better chance hath he To clink the can and toss the pot When this night's junkets be? For the lad that died o' yesterday Is just as dead — ho! ho! — As the whoreson knave men laid away A thousand years ago.
    Edmund Clarence Stedman

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