About The Word Nasty
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Nasty Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Nasty?
[adj] disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room"
[adj] characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes" [adj] (informal) thoroughly unpleasant; "filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we're having" [adj] exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; "a nasty problem"; "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation" [adj] offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "in a nasty mood"; "a nasty accident"; "a nasty shock"; "a nasty smell"; "a nasty trick to pull"; "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound Synonyms | Synonyms for Nasty: awful | difficult | dirty | filthy | foul | grotty | hard | hateful | inclement | lousy | mean | smutty | soiled | tight | unclean | unpleasant | vile Related Terms | Find terms related to Nasty: abhorrent | abominable | abusive | acute | annoying | arrant | atrocious | awful | awkward | bad | bad-tempered | baleful | barfy | base | bawdy | beastly | below contempt | beneath contempt | bitchy | black | blameworthy | blue | boorish | brackish | brutal | caddish | cantankerous | churlish | cloying | coarse | contemptible | crabbed | cranky | crappy | critical | crotchety | crude | cruel | cussed | dangerous | deplorable | despicable | detestable | difficult | dire | dirty | disagreeable | disgusting | dreadful | egregious | enormous | evil | execrable | fecal | feculent | Fescennine | fetid | filthy | flagrant | flyblown | forbidding | foul | foul-mouthed | foul-spoken | foul-tongued | fulsome | gloppy | grievous | gross | grubby | gunky | harmful | hateful | heinous | high | horrible | horrid | icky | ignoble | ill-bred | ill-natured | ill-tempered | improper | impure | inconsiderate | indecent | indecorous | indelicate | infamous | iniquitous | insensitive | invidious | irascible | ithyphallic | lamentable | lewd | licentious | loathsome | lousy | loutish | louty | lurid | maggoty | malefic | maleficent | malevolent | malicious | malign | malignant | malodorous | mawkish | mean | mephitic | miasmal | miasmic | monstrous | mucky | nauseant | nauseating | nauseous | nefarious | noisome | notorious | noxious | objectionable | obnoxious | obscene | odious | off color | offensive | ordurous | ornery | outrageous | overripe | painful | pitiable | pitiful | poisonous | pornographic | puky | putrid | Rabelaisian | rancid | rank | raunchy | rebarbative | regrettable | repellent | reprehensible | repugnant | repulsive | revolting | ribald | risque | rotten | rude | sad | salacious | scabby | scandalous | scatological | schlock | scummy | scurfy | scurrile | scurrilous | scurvy | serious | severe | shabby | shameful | shitty | shocking | shoddy | sickening | slabby | slimy | sloppy | sloshy | sludgy | slushy | smoking-room | smutty | soily | sordid | spiteful | spoiled | sposhy | squalid | stinking | suggestive | sultry | surly | tactless | terrible | too bad | ugly | unchaste | unclean | uncleanly | unfeminine | ungenteel | ungentle | ungentlemanly | unladylike | unpleasant | unprintable | unrefined | unrepeatable | unsavory | unseemly | unsolicitous | untoward | vicious | vile | villainous | vomity | vulgar | weevily | wicked | woeful | wormy | worst | worthless | wretched | yecchy | yucky See Also | Nasty In Webster's Dictionary \Nas"ty\, a. [Compar. {Nastier}; superl. {Nastiest}.] [For
older nasky; cf. dial. Sw. naskug, nasket.]
1. Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled;
disgusting; nauseous.
2. Hence, loosely: Offensive; disagreeable; unpropitious;
wet; drizzling; as, a nasty rain, day, sky.
3. Characterized by obcenity; indecent; indelicate; gross;
filthy.
Syn: {Nasty}, {Filthy}, {Foul}, {Dirty}.
Usage: Anything nasty is usually wet or damp as well as
filthy or dirty, and disgusts by its stickness or
odor; but filthy and foul imply that a thing is filled
or covered with offensive matter, while dirty
describes it as defiled or sullied with dirt of any
kind; as, filthy clothing, foul vapors, etc.
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