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• nasty — [nas′tē] adj. nastier, nastiest [ME < ? or akin to Du nestig, dirty] 1. very dirty, filthy 2. offensive in taste or smell; nauseating 3. morally offensive; indecent 4. very unpleasant; objectionable [nasty weather] …   English World dictionary

• nasty — adjective 1 BEHAVIOUR nasty behaviour or remarks are extremely unkind and unpleasant; malicious: a nasty temper | That s a nasty thing to say! | There s a nasty streak in her character. | be nasty to (=treat someone in an unkind way): Don t be so …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• nasty — 01. Our neighbor is a [nasty] old man who is always shouting at the children. 02. She caught a [nasty] cold while on holiday, and has been in bed for a week. 03. He gets really [nasty] when he s had too much to drink, so I d stay away from him… …   Grammatical examples in English

• nasty — nastily, adv. nastiness, n. /nas tee/, adj., nastier, nastiest, n., pl. nasties. adj. 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 …   Universalium

• nasty — adjective (nastier; est) Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century 1. a. disgustingly filthy b. physically repugnant 2. indecent, obscene 3. mean, tawdry 4. a. extremely …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• nasty — /ˈnasti / (say nahstee) adjective (nastier, nastiest) 1. physically filthy; disgustingly unclean. 2. offensive to taste or smell; nauseous. 3. offensive; objectionable: a nasty habit. 4. morally filthy; obscene. 5. vicious, spiteful, or ugly: a… …  

• nasty — (adj.) c.1400, foul, filthy, dirty, unclean, of unknown origin; perhaps [Barnhart] from O.Fr. nastre miserly, envious, malicious, spiteful, shortened form of villenastre infamous, bad, from vilein villain + astre, pejorative suffix, from L. aster …   Etymology dictionary

• nasty — nas|ty S2 [ˈna:sti US ˈnæsti] adj comparative nastier superlative nastiest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(behaviour)¦ 2¦(person)¦ 3¦(experience/situation)¦ 4¦(sight/smell etc)¦ 5¦(injury/illness)¦ 6¦(substance)¦ 7 a nasty piece of work ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• nasty — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Nasty is used after these nouns: ↑video {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, smell, sound, taste ▪ He made it all sound very nas …   Collocations dictionary

• nasty — adj. (nastier, nastiest) 1 a highly unpleasant (a nasty experience). b annoying; objectionable (the car has a nasty habit of breaking down). 2 difficult to negotiate; dangerous, serious (a nasty fence; a nasty question; a nasty illness). 3 (of a… …   Useful english dictionary

• nasty — adjective 1) a nasty smell Syn: unpleasant, disagreeable, disgusting, distasteful, awful, dreadful, horrible, terrible, vile, foul, abominable, frightful, loathsome, revolting, repulsive, odious, sickening …   Thesaurus of popular words