Meaning of nasty | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Dirty, filthy.
   US
2. unpleasant, disagreeable, distasteful, off-putting, displeasing, unpleasing, bad, rude, unsavory, uncomfortable, unlikable, objectionable, painful, uncongenial, crappy, gnarly
3. Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person).
4. One that is nasty: "It is the business of museums to present us with nasties as well as with fine things" (Country Life).
5. nasty, ugly, unkind, objectionable, unsightly (e.g., person, behavior)
6. Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive.
7. a combining form with the meaning “nastic pressure,” of the kind or in the direction specified by the initial element: hyponasty.
8. Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd.
9. haatlik بصورةٍ بَذيئَه أو رَديئَه противно desagradavelmente nepříjemně; odporně schmutzig modbydeligt; gement δυσάρεστα, μοχθηρά, απαίσιαdesagradablemente vastikult به زشتی inhottavasti désagréablement בְּצוּרָה נִבזִית गंदापन, घिनौनापन, अश्लीलता zlobno, neprijateljski csúnyán, aljasul secara tidak ramah andstyggilega sgradevolmente ひどく 불결하게 bjauriai, šlykščiai riebīgi; nejauki dengan cara yang menjijikkan gemeenvemmelig, stygt, ekkelt paskudnie په زشتى desagradavelmente răutăcios; (în mod) ...
10. Spiteful, unkind.
11. onaangenaamheid, goorheid بَذاءَه، رَداءَه гадост rudeza nepříjemnost, odpornost die Ekeligkeit modbydelighed; gemenhed κακία, μοχθηρίαmaldad, rencor tigedus کثافت inhottavuus méchancetéנבזות गंदापन, घिनौनापन, अश्लीलता neugodnost csúnya/undorító/kellemetlen volta vminek ketidakramahan viðbjóður; illkvittni sgradevolezza; cattiveria きたなさ 불결함 bjaurumas, nemalonumas nelietība; nejaucība keadaan yang menjijikkan onaardigheid styggedom, ekkelhet przykry charakter كثافت rudeza răutate противность o...
12. Awkward, difficult to navigate; dangerous.
    UK
13. agresivo-a, de mal carácter;___ illness → enfermedad grave, seria;
14. Grave or dangerous (of an accident, illness etc.).
    UK
15. Disgusting or repellent: a nasty odor rising from the garbage can. See Synonyms at offensive.
16. Formidable, terrific; wicked.
    US, slang
17. Morally offensive or indecent: a nasty film.
18. Unpleasant or annoying: a nasty habit.
19. Painful or dangerous; grave: a nasty accident.
20. Exasperatingly difficult to solve or handle: a nasty puzzle; a nasty problem.

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Examples

“In such condition, there is no place for Industry; because the fruit thereof is uncertain: and consequently no Culture of the Earth; no Navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by Sea; no commodious Building; no Instruments of moving, and removing such things as require much force; no Knowledge of the face of the Earth; no account of Time; no Arts; no Letters; no Society; and which is worst of all, continuall feare, and danger of violent death; And the life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short.”

“I really don't have any friends at school Mama Mia. They talk about me all the time. They say my hair's nappy and my clothes are nasty.”

“Jonathan kept staring at him, till I was afraid he would notice. I feared he might take it ill, he looked so fierce and nasty.”

“‘It's a nasty trade,’ said Mr. Limbkins, when Gamfield had again stated his wish.”

“He said to Mr. Tallboy he thought the headline was a bit hot. And Mr. Tallboy said he had a nasty mind.”

“We want threesomes, blowjobs, and orgies. That's just the way it is. We want the good girl who's nasty in bed.”

“She had said: "I love the block button on Twitter. I don't know how people expect to send a nasty comment and not get blocked."”

“There was a nasty period during the First World War when the family's allegiance was called into question - not least because one of the Schroders had been made a baron by the Kaiser.”

“Moving into the middle ages, William the Conqueror managed to rout the English and rule the country, then see off numerous plots and assassination attempts, before his horse did for him in a nasty fall, killing him at 60.”

“"Well," she grinned, looking hot and sexy. "They say you doing some real nasty shit in the NBA, but on the mic you a little too competitive. They say you a gaming niggah who likes to keep up all kinds of go-to-war gangsta friction between rappers. That shit must work for you though, huh? You stickin' all over the charts when other artists are failin' off. They rotating your cuts on the radio like mad too."”

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