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Nasty

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Adjective

1. awful, nasty

offensive or even (of persons) malicious

Example Sentences:
'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?'

2. nasty, tight

exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent

Example Sentences:
'a nasty problem'
'a good man to have on your side in a tight situation'

3. cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty

characterized by obscenity

Example Sentences:
'had a filthy mouth'
'foul language'
'smutty jokes'

4. filthy, foul, nasty

disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter

Example Sentences:
'as filthy as a pigsty'
'a foul pond'
'a nasty pigsty of a room'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Nasty

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adjective -tier or -tiest
1. 
unpleasant, offensive, or repugnant
2. 
(of an experience, condition, etc) unpleasant, dangerous, or painful
a nasty wound
3. 
spiteful, abusive, or ill-natured
4. 
obscene or indecent
5.  nasty piece of work
noun plural -ties
6. 
an offensive or unpleasant person or thing
a video nasty

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Nasty

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈnastier or ˈnastiest
1. 
very dirty, filthy
2. 
offensive in taste or smell; nauseating
3. 
morally offensive; indecent
4. 
very unpleasant; objectionable
nasty weather
5. 
mean; malicious; ill-humored
a nasty temper
6. 
very harmful or troublesome
a nasty bruise
nounWord forms: plural ˈnasties
7. 
an offensive, objectionable, or very unpleasant person or thing

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Nasty

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suff.
Nastic response or change: epinasty.
adj. nas·ti·er, nas·ti·est
1.
a. Disgusting or repellent: a nasty odor rising from the garbage can. See Synonyms at offensive.
b. Unpleasantly cold or wet: nasty weather.
c. Archaic Dirty; filthy.
2. Morally offensive or indecent: a nasty film.
3.
a. Unpleasant or annoying: a nasty habit.
b. Mean or spiteful: Stop being nasty to each other.
4. Painful or dangerous; grave: a nasty accident.
5. Exasperatingly difficult to solve or handle: a nasty puzzle; a nasty problem.
n. pl. nas·ties
One that is nasty: "It is the business of museums to present us with nasties as well as with fine things" (Country Life).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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