dictionary definitions for "nasty"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [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]

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]


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