NASTY (nastier, nastiest)
Dictionary entry overview: What does nasty mean?
• NASTY (adjective)
The adjective NASTY has 4 senses:
1. offensive or even (of persons) malicious
2. exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
3. characterized by obscenity
4. disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
Familiarity information: NASTY used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• NASTY (adjective)
Meaning:
Offensive or even (of persons) malicious
Synonyms:
nasty; awful
Context examples:
in a nasty mood / a nasty accident / a nasty shock / a nasty smell / a nasty trick to pull / Will he say nasty things at my funeral?
Similar:
dirty; filthy; lousy (vile; despicable)
grotty (very unpleasant or offensive)
hateful; mean (characterized by malice)
Also:
unpleasant (disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings)
Attribute:
nastiness (the quality of being unpleasant)
Antonym:
nice (pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance)
Meaning:
Exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
Synonyms:
nasty; tight
Context examples:
a nasty problem / a good man to have on your side in a tight situation
Similar:
difficult; hard (not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure)
Meaning:
Characterized by obscenity
Synonyms:
smutty; nasty; filthy; foul
Context examples:
had a filthy mouth / foul language / smutty jokes
Similar:
dirty ((of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency)
Meaning:
Disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
Synonyms:
filthy; nasty; foul
Context examples:
as filthy as a pigsty / a foul pond / a nasty pigsty of a room
Similar:
dirty; soiled; unclean (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime)
