ADJECTIVE | all | nasty, awful | offensive or even (of persons) malicious |
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all | nasty, tight | exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent | |
all | nasty, cruddy, filthy, foul, smutty | characterized by obscenity | |
all | nasty, filthy, foul | disgustingly dirty |
Sounds | nae'stiy | |
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Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... |
Meaning | Offensive or even (of persons) malicious. | |
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Synonym | awful | |
Attribute of | nastiness | The quality of being unpleasant |
Narrower | dirty, filthy, lousy | vile |
grotty | Very unpleasant or offensive | |
hateful, mean | Characterized by malice | |
See also | unpleasant | Disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings |
Opposite | nice | Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance |
Spanish | horrible, repugnante | |
Nouns | nastiness | the quality of being unpleasant |
nastiness | malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty | |
Adverbs | nastily | in a nasty ill-tempered manner |
Meaning | exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent. | |
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Example | "a nasty problem" | |
Synonym | tight | |
Broader | difficult, hard | not easy |
Meaning | Characterized by obscenity. | |
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Synonyms | cruddy, filthy, foul, smutty | |
Broader | dirty | (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency |
Spanish | grosero, lascivo, libidinoso, luxurioso, obsceno, verde, vicioso | |
Catalan | groller, lasciu, libidinós, luxuriós, obscè, verd, viciós | |
Nouns | nastiness | malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty |
Meaning | disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter. | |
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Example | "a nasty pigsty of a room" | |
Synonyms | filthy, foul | |
Broader | dirty, soiled, unclean | Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime |
Spanish | asqueroso, guarro, inmundo, repugnante, sucio | |
Catalan | asquerós, repugnant | |
Nouns | nastiness | a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse |
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