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nasty

/ nasty /
adjective satellite/adjective

Definitions & Examples

adjective satellite Sense 1
exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
"a nasty problem"
"a good man to have on your side in a tight situation"
Similar:
difficult hard
adjective Sense 2
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"
Similar:
dirty filthy lousy grotty hateful mean unpleasant
Opposites:
nice
See also:
unpleasant
adjective satellite Sense 3
disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
"as filthy as a pigsty"
"a foul pond"
"a nasty pigsty of a room"
Similar:
dirty soiled unclean
adjective satellite Sense 4
characterized by obscenity
"had a filthy mouth"
"foul language"
"smutty jokes"
Similar:
dirty
adjective satellite Sense 5
thoroughly unpleasant
"filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we''re having"
Similar:
inclement
Domain:
colloquialism
Semantic Complexity
55%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
14
Total Relationships
16
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

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difficult hard dirty filthy lousy grotty hateful mean unpleasant nice soiled unclean