I depends how the word is used. Swearing is a concept which implies the use of a word not the word itself.
The word 'bastard' simply means a person of unknown parentage. During history inheritance and lineage has been important so to to imply that a person had no lineage would be seen as an insult.
There have been many bastards over the years the most famous I can remember is "William the bastard" otherwise known as William the conquerer of 1066 fame.
The term is also used to describe items such as a bastard sword which is niether a long sword nor short.
QED the word bastard is not a swear word only your interpretation of the way it is used is.
The word "bastard" is gender neutral.
Answer Darned is NOT a curse word.
Swear word, oath, blasphemy "Profanity" and "curse" or "curse word"
Many seem to think that the word "bastard" is a swear word. However, after quite some research, the word or term bastard is also known as being a child that was born out of wedlock. The word can also be used when referring to someone who is mean. The term is very unpleasant to use towards people.
It is a term given to a child born of unmarried people. It is also a curse term used offensively to refer to someone you don't like. - In societies where parentage is of legal importance, a bastard is a child born out of wedlock, and therefore not eligible to inherit. In modern, Western society, that meaning is obsolete. Instead, it is used of anything that has mixed or dubious origins, as a bastard file or bastard round handwriting, or that appears to belong to a species but does not, as a bastard toadflax. Informally, bastard is either a crude insult or a term of sympathy for a man in distress, as in "The poor bastard took a real beating."
The Greek word for "Bastard" is "μπάσταρδος".
The English word 'bastard' comes from the French word 'bâtard' (masc.) in French, formerly spelled 'bastard' in Old French.
The word "bastard" is gender neutral.
No, its not a curse word.
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Answer Darned is NOT a curse word.
The opposite of bastard is genuine and/or born within wedlock, of identifiable roots.
The correct spelling is "bastard". The word "basterd" is made-up.
It is not a curse word, but it is a vulgar word for urinate.
It is someone who believes everything they hear. They were also born before their parents were married. In today's society we do not judge people by their up bringing. It is more commonly used as a curse word.
The Latin word for curse is the word maledictionem. In Italian the word curse is said as maledizione and in Spanish it is maldicion.