nastiness

nas·ty  (nst)

adj. nas·ti·er, nas·ti·est

1.

a. Disgustingly dirty.

b. Physically repellent.

2. Morally offensive; indecent. See Synonyms at offensive.

3. Malicious; spiteful: "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?" (Ezra Pound).

4. Very unpleasant or annoying: nasty weather; a nasty trick.

5. Painful or dangerous; grave: a nasty accident.

6. Exasperatingly difficult to solve or handle: a nasty puzzle; a nasty problem.

n. pl. nas·ties

One that is nasty: "It is the business of museums to present us with nasties as well as with fine things" (Country Life).

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[Middle English nasti, possibly alteration of Old French nastre, bad, short for villenastre : vilein, bad; see villain + -astre, pejorative suff. (from Latin -aster).]

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nasti·ly adv.

nasti·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nastiness - a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse filthiness, foulness, filth unsanitariness - a state that is not conducive to health
	2.	nastiness - malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty bitchiness, cattiness, spite, spitefulness malevolency, malice, malevolence - the quality of threatening evil
	3.	nastiness - the quality of being unpleasant; "I flinched at the nastiness of his wound" unpleasantness - the quality of giving displeasure; "the recent unpleasantness of the weather" beastliness - unpleasant nastiness; used especially of nasty weather niceness - the quality of nice

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nastiness

noun

1. unpleasantness, ugliness, offensiveness, disagreeableness the sheer nastiness of modern urban life

2. spite, malice, venom, unpleasantness, meanness, bitchiness (slang), offensiveness, spitefulness `You're just like your mother,' he said, with a tone of nastiness in his voice.

3. dirt, pollution, filth, squalor, impurity, foulness, defilement, dirtiness, filthiness, uncleanliness Much filth and nastiness is spread amongst the huts.

4. obscenity, porn (informal), pornography, indecency, impropriety, vulgarity, smut, crudity, licentiousness, offensiveness, ribaldry, lewdness, salaciousness, indelicacy, smuttiness Almost every page of the book was filled with this kind of nastiness.

Translations

nastiness [ˈnɑːstɪnɪs] N

1. (= unpleasantness) [of weather, situation] → lo desagradable; [of taste, smell] → lo desagradable, lo repugnante

2. (= spitefulness) → maldad f

nastiness [ˈnɑːstinɪs] n

[person, remark] → méchanceté f

[smell, taste] → caractère m désagréable

nastiness

n no pl

(= unpleasantness) → Scheußlichkeit f; (of medicine) → Ekelhaftigkeit f; (of weather) → Abscheulichkeit f; (= seriousness: of break, wound) → schlimme Art; (= objectionableness: of crime, behaviour, language) → Abscheulichkeit f; (= dirtiness) → Schmutzigkeit f; (= dangerousness) → Gefährlichkeit f

(= malice) (of behaviour etc) → Gemeinheit f; (of person) → Bosheit f, → Gemeinheit f; (of remarks etc) → Gehässigkeit f, → Gemeinheit f; (= behaviour) → gemeines or scheußliches Benehmen (to gegenüber); (= remarks) → Gehässigkeit (→ en pl) f → (to(wards) gegenüber)

(= offensiveness) → Anstößigkeit f; (of film, book also) → Ekelhaftigkeit f; the nastiness of his mind → seine üble/schmutzige Fantasie or Phantasie

nastiness [ˈnɑːstɪnɪs] n (of person, remark) → malignità, cattiveria