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nasty
/ˈnæs.ti/
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What does nasty mean?
adjective
- Dirty, filthy.
- Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person).
- Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive.
More meanings (10)
adjective
- Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd.
- Spiteful, unkind.
- Awkward, difficult to navigate; dangerous.
- Grave or dangerous (of an accident, illness etc.).
- (slang) Formidable, terrific; wicked.
noun
- (informal) Something nasty.
- (slang) Sexual intercourse.
- A video nasty.
verb
- (figuratively) To besmirch, to befoul.
proper noun
- A hamlet in Great Munden parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3524).
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IPA pronunciation
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“This is a nasty sort of day to sail. I’ve a notion to call it off. Next week would be time enough.”
Better to eat nasty fat bacon now, than to supply the want of it some few years hence by nastier cod-liver oil.
More book examples (3)
The woman protested nothing ever was so handsome as her lad, and that the nasty picture did not do him half justice.
Watson had had a nasty fall while crossing a patch of rough ice, his nose being rather badly cut in the accident.
One of the least nasty is to kill and cut open two puppies and bind them on each side of a broken limb.