'Nasty' definitions:
Definition of 'nasty'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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: nasty, awful] [ant: nice]
adjective
Exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; "a nasty problem"; "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation" [syn: nasty, tight]
adjective
Characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes" [syn: cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty]
adjective
Definition of 'Nasty'
From: 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]