nastiness
ti adjective
1.
physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
2.
offensive to taste or smell; nauseating.
3.
offensive; objectionable: a nasty habit.
4.
vicious, spiteful, or ugly: a nasty dog; a nasty rumor.
5.
bad or hard to deal with, encounter, undergo, etc.; dangerous; serious: a nasty cut; a nasty accident.
6.
very unpleasant or disagreeable: nasty weather.
7.
morally filthy; obscene; indecent: a nasty word.
8.
Slang. formidable: The young pitcher has a good fast ball and a nasty curve.
noun
9.
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
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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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nasty (ˈnɑːstɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , -tier, -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. | informal (Brit) nasty piece of work a cruel or mean person |
| —n , -tier, -tiest, -ties | |
| 6. | an offensive or unpleasant person or thing: a video nasty |
| [C14: origin obscure; probably related to Swedish dialect nasket and Dutch nestig dirty] | |
| 'nastily | |
| —adv | |
| 'nastiness | |
| —n | |
| nasty (ˈnɑːstɪ) | |
| —adj , -tier, -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. | informal (Brit) nasty piece of work a cruel or mean person |
| —n , -tier, -tiest, -ties | |
| 6. | an offensive or unpleasant person or thing: a video nasty |
| [C14: origin obscure; probably related to Swedish dialect nasket and Dutch nestig dirty] | |
| 'nastily | |
| —adv | |
| 'nastiness | |
| —n | |
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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.
source (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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