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. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, loosely: Offensive; disagreeable; unpropitious; wet; drizzling; as, a nasty rain, day, sky. [1913 Webster] 3. Characterized by obscenity; indecent; indelicate; gross; filthy. [1913 Webster] 4. Vicious; offensively ill-tempered; insultingly mean; spiteful; as, a nasty disposition. [PJC] 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: nastiest 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}]
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