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Meaning of 'nasty' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Nasty [ superl.]
- Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; nauseous.
- Hence, loosely: Offensive; disagreeable; unpropitious; wet; drizzling; as, a nasty rain, day, sky.
- Characterized by obcenity; indecent; indelicate; gross; filthy.

Meaning of 'nasty' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . nasty [ a]
Meaning (1):
- offensive or even (of persons) malicious
Example in sentence:
  • a nasty accident;
  • a nasty shock;
  • a nasty smell;
  • a nasty trick to pull;
  • in a nasty mood;
  • Will he say nasty things at my funeral?
2 . nasty [ s]
Meaning (2):
- disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
Example in sentence:
  • a foul pond;
  • a nasty pigsty of a room;
  • as filthy as a pigsty
Meaning (3):
- exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
Example in sentence:
  • a good man to have on your side in a tight situation;
  • a nasty problem
Meaning (4):
- characterized by obscenity
Example in sentence:
  • foul language;
  • had a filthy mouth;
  • smutty jokes

Nearby Words:

nas nasal nasality nasalization nasalize nasalized nasalizing nasally nascal nascency

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