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nasty |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nasty \Nas"ty\, a. [Compar. {Nastier}; superl. {Nastiest}.] [For older nasky; cf dial. Sw naskug nasket.] 1. Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; nauseous. 2. Hence loosely: Offensive; disagreeable; unpropitious; wet; drizzling; as a nasty rain, day sky. 3. Characterized by obcenity; indecent; indelicate; gross; filthy. Syn: {Nasty}, {Filthy}, {Foul}, {Dirty}. Usage: Anything nasty is usually wet or damp as well as filthy or dirty, and disgusts by its stickness 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [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: (informal) 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}]
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