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Nasty Definition And Meaning
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.

Nasty Definition And Meaning

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

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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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