Nastier

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nasty \Nas"ty\ (n[.a]s"t[y^]), a. [Compar. {Nastier}
     (n[.a]s"t[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Nastiest}.] [For older nasky;
     cf. dial. Sw. naskug, nasket.]
     1. Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled;
        disgusting; nauseous.
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     2. Hence, loosely: Offensive; disagreeable; unpropitious;
        wet; drizzling; as, a nasty rain, day, sky.
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     3. Characterized by obscenity; indecent; indelicate; gross;
        filthy.
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     4. Vicious; offensively ill-tempered; insultingly mean;
        spiteful; as, a nasty disposition.
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     5. Difficult to deal with; troublesome; as, he fell of his
        bike and got a nasty bruise on his knee. [slang]
        [PJC]
  
     Syn: {Nasty}, {Filthy}, {Foul}, {Dirty}.
  
     Usage: Anything nasty is usually wet or damp as well as
            filthy or dirty, and disgusts by its stickiness or
            odor; but filthy and foul imply that a thing is filled
            or covered with offensive matter, while dirty
            describes it as defiled or sullied with dirt of any
            kind; as, filthy clothing, foul vapors, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nastier
       See {nasty}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nasty
       adj 1: offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "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?"- Ezra Pound [syn: {awful}] [ant: {nice}]
       2: exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; "a nasty
          problem"; "a good man to have on your side in a tight
          situation" [syn: {tight}]
       3: thoroughly unpleasant; "filthy (or foul or nasty or vile)
          weather we're having" [syn: {filthy}, {foul}, {vile}]
       4: characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul
          language"; "smutty jokes" [syn: {filthy}, {foul}, {smutty}]
       5: disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter;
          "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of
          a room" [syn: {filthy}, {foul}]
       [also: {nastiest}, {nastier}]