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nas⋅ty

  [nas-tee] adjective, -ti⋅er, -ti⋅est, noun, plural -ties.
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–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.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < ?

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.

Antonyms:
1. clean, pure.
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nas·ty   (nās'tē)   
adj.   nas·ti·er, nas·ti·est
    1. Disgustingly dirty.
    2. Physically repellent.
  2. Morally offensive; indecent. See Synonyms at offensive.
  3. Malicious; spiteful: "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?" (Ezra Pound).
  4. Very unpleasant or annoying: nasty weather; a nasty trick.
  5. Painful or dangerous; grave: a nasty accident.
  6. 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).

[Middle English nasti, possibly alteration of Old French nastre, bad, short for villenastre : vilein, bad; see villain + -astre, pejorative suff. (from Latin -aster).]
nas'ti·ly adv., nas'ti·ness n.
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Nastiness

Nas"ti*ness\, n. The quality or state of being nasty; extreme filthness; dirtiness; also, indecency; obscenity.

The nastiness of Plautus and Aristophanes. --Dryden.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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