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adjective
1.
physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
2.
offensive to taste or smell; nauseating.
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offensive; objectionable: a nasty habit.
4.
vicious, spiteful, or ugly: a nasty dog; a nasty rumor.
5.
EXPANDbad or hard to deal with, encounter, undergo, etc.; dangerous; serious: a nasty cut; a nasty accident.
noun
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Informal. a nasty person or thing.
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Nasties
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < ?
1350–1400; Middle English < ?
Related forms
nas·ti·ly, adverb
nas·ti·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. dirty, foul, loathsome. 2. sickening, repulsive, repellent. 6 stormy, inclement. 7. smutty, pornographic.
1. dirty, foul, loathsome. 2. sickening, repulsive, repellent. 6 stormy, inclement. 7. smutty, pornographic.
Antonyms
1. clean, pure.
1. clean, pure.
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Word Origin & History
nasty
c.1400, "foul, filthy, dirty, unclean," perhaps from O.Fr. nastre "bad, strange," shortened form of villenastre "infamous, bad," from vilein "villain" + -astre, pejorative suffix, from L. -aster. Alternative etymology is from Du. nestig "dirty," lit. "like a bird's nest." Likely reinforced by a Scand.
EXPANDsource (cf. Swed. dial. naskug "dirty, nasty"). Of weather, from 1634; of things generally, "unpleasant, offensive," from 1705. Of people, "ill-tempered," from 1825.
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