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nasty

/ˈnæs.ti/adjective2 syllables

Nasty means: offensive or even (of persons) malicious.

Synonyms for nasty27

adjective, as in offensive or even (of persons) malicious

awful, dirty, filthy, lousy, grotty, hateful, mean, unpleasant

adjective, as in characterized by obscenity

cruddy, filthy, foul, smutty, dirty

adjective, as in disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter

filthy, foul, dirty, soiled, unclean

adjective, as in exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent

tight, difficult, hard

also used for nasty

inhuman, ruthless, sadistic, barbarous, bowelless, brutal, compassionless, cruel, flagitious, demonic, beastly

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Opposites of nasty

nice

What does nasty mean?4

adjective

1

offensive or even (of persons) malicious“in a nasty mood”

2

characterized by obscenity“had a filthy mouth”

3

disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter“as filthy as a pigsty”

4

exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent“a nasty problem”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Nasty in a sentence

  • Be careful, your mind is playing nasty tricks on you.LoverofEnglish
  • Who are you calling whore, you nasty bitch?Ooneykcall
  • He doesn't look that way, but he's really a nasty piece of work.fcbond
  • You seem to be in such a nasty mood today.CM
  • I got a nasty sting from a wasp.CK
  • He caught a nasty cold because he stayed up late last night.CK
  • I can't get rid of a nasty cold.unknown
  • Two nasty guys robbed me of my jewels and ran away.unknown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of nasty

as a adjective

comparative
nastier
superlative
nastiest