nasty

nasty: [[t]nɑ͟ːsti, næ̱sti[/t]]
nasties, nastier, nastiest

1) ADJ-GRADED Something that is nasty is very unpleasant to see, experience, or feel.

...an extremely nasty murder...

This divorce could turn nasty.

Syn:

horrible

Derived words:

nastiness N-UNCOUNT
...the nastiness of war.

2) ADJ-GRADED If you describe a person or their behaviour as nasty, you mean that they behave in an unkind and unpleasant way.

What nasty little snobs you all are...

The guards looked really nasty...

Mummy is so nasty to me when Daddy isn't here.

Syn:

disagreeable

Ant:

nice, kind

Derived words:

nastily ADV-GRADED ADV after v
She took the money and eyed me nastily...

Nikki laughed nastily.

nastiness N-UNCOUNT
As the years went by his nastiness began to annoy his readers.

3) ADJ-GRADED If you describe something as nasty, you mean it is unattractive, undesirable, or in bad taste.

...Emily's nasty little house in Balham...

That damned Farrel made some nasty jokes here about Mr. Lane.

Syn:

unpleasant

Ant:

nice

4) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n A nasty problem or situation is very worrying and difficult to deal with.

A spokesman said this firm action had defused a very nasty situation.

Syn:

tricky

5) ADJ-GRADED If you describe an injury or a disease as nasty, you mean that it is serious or looks unpleasant.

My little granddaughter caught her heel in the spokes of her bicycle - it was a very nasty wound...

Lili had a nasty chest infection.

6) N-PLURAL Nasties are unpleasant or harmful people or things. [INFORMAL]

...evil organisations, peopled with nasties...

Decaffeinated coffee still contains some stimulants and other nasties linked with cancer.

7) → See also video nasty

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Synonyms:

Filthy, foul, unclean, impure, dirty, polluted, defiled, loathsome, squalid / Obscene, smutty, gross, indelicate, lewd, indecent, ribald, loose / Nauseous, sickening, disgusting, offensive, repulsive, odious, disagreeable / Disagreeable, annoying, troublesome, aggravating, pestering, pesky

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Nasty — Single par Janet Jackson extrait de l’album Control Face B You ll Never Find (A Love Like Mine) Sortie 15 Avril 1986 Enregistrement septembre 1985 Flyte … Wikipédia en Français
Nasty — may refer to: Nasty (song), by Janet Jackson Nasty (album), by Cameo Nasty (The Young Ones), an episode of The Young Ones Nasty , a song by The Damned, created for the Young Ones episode, released as a B side of the single Thanks for the Night… … Wikipedia
Nasty — Nas ty (n[.a]s t[y^]), a. [Compar. {Nastier} (n[.a]s t[i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Nastiest}.] [For older nasky; cf. dial. Sw. naskug, nasket.] 1. Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; nauseous. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, loosely:… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nasty — [adj1] disgusting, offensive awful, beastly, bum*, dirty, disagreeable, fierce, filthy, foul, gross, grubby, hellish, horrible, horrid, icky*, impure, loathsome, lousy, malodorous, mephitic, murderous*, nauseating, noisome, noxious, objectionable … New thesaurus
nasty — [nas′tē] adj. nastier, nastiest [ME < ? or akin to Du nestig, dirty] 1. very dirty, filthy 2. offensive in taste or smell; nauseating 3. morally offensive; indecent 4. very unpleasant; objectionable [nasty weather] … English World dictionary
nasty — (adj.) c.1400, foul, filthy, dirty, unclean, of unknown origin; perhaps [Barnhart] from O.Fr. nastre miserly, envious, malicious, spiteful, shortened form of villenastre infamous, bad, from vilein villain + astre, pejorative suffix, from L. aster … Etymology dictionary
nasty — ► ADJECTIVE (nastier, nastiest) 1) unpleasant, disgusting, or repugnant. 2) spiteful, violent, or bad tempered. 3) likely to cause or having caused harm; dangerous or serious: a nasty bang on the head. ► NOUN (pl. nasties) informal ▪ … English terms dictionary
nasty — index bad (offensive), bitter (penetrating), harmful, heinous, loathsome, malignant, objectionable … Law dictionary
nasty — *dirty, filthy, squalid, foul Analogous words: *coarse, gross, vulgar, obscene, ribald: tainted, contaminated, polluted, defiled (see CONTAMINATE): indelicate, indecent, unseemly, improper, *indecorous … New Dictionary of Synonyms
-nasty — [nas′tē] combining form forming nouns a condition of plant growth by a (specified) means or in a (specified) direction [epinasty] … English World dictionary
nasty — nas|ty S2 [ˈna:sti US ˈnæsti] adj comparative nastier superlative nastiest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(behaviour)¦ 2¦(person)¦ 3¦(experience/situation)¦ 4¦(sight/smell etc)¦ 5¦(injury/illness)¦ 6¦(substance)¦ 7 a nasty piece of work ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ … Dictionary of contemporary English

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