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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NASTY, a.
1. Disgustingly filthy; very dirty, foul or defiled; nauseous.
2. Obscene.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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: nasty, 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: nasty, tight]
3: characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes" [syn: cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty]
4: 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, nasty]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (nastier; -est) Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century 1. a. disgustingly filthy b. physically repugnant 2. indecent, obscene 3. mean, tawdry 4. a. extremely hazardous or harmful <a nasty undertow> b. causing severe pain or suffering <a nasty wound> <a nasty fall> c. sharply unpleasant ; disagreeable <nasty weather> 5. a. difficult to understand or deal with <a nasty problem> <a nasty curveball> b. psychologically unsettling ; trying <a nasty fear that she was lost> 6. lacking in courtesy or sportsmanship <a nasty trick> Synonyms: see dirty • nastily adverb • nastiness noun • nasty noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (nastier, nastiest) 1 a highly unpleasant (a nasty experience). b annoying; objectionable (the car has a nasty habit of breaking down). 2 difficult to negotiate; dangerous, serious (a nasty fence; a nasty question; a nasty illness). 3 (of a person or animal) ill-natured, ill-tempered, spiteful; violent, offensive (nasty to his mother; turns nasty when he's drunk). 4 (of the weather) foul, wet, stormy. 5 a disgustingly dirty, filthy. b unpalatable; disagreeable (nasty smell). c (of a wound) septic. 6 a obscene. b delighting in obscenity. Phrases and idioms: a nasty bit (or piece) of work colloq. an unpleasant or contemptible person. a nasty one 1 a rebuff; a snub. 2 an awkward question. 3 a disabling blow etc. Derivatives: nastily adv. nastiness n. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(nastier, nastiest) 1. Something that is nasty is very unpleasant to see, experience, or feel. ...an extremely nasty murder... This divorce could turn nasty. = horrible ADJ • nastiness ...the nastiness of war. N-UNCOUNT 2. If you describe a person or their behaviour as nasty, you mean that they behave in an unkind and unpleasant way. What nasty little snobs you all are... The guards looked really nasty... Mummy is so nasty to me when Daddy isn't here. = horrid ? nice ADJ • nastily She took the money and eyed me nastily... Nikki laughed nastily. ADV: ADV after v • nastiness As the years went by his nastiness began to annoy his readers. 3. If you describe something as nasty, you mean it is unattractive, undesirable, or in bad taste. ...Emily's nasty little house in Balham... That damned Farrel made some nasty jokes here about Mr. Lane. = horrid ? nice ADJ 4. A nasty problem or situation is very worrying and difficult to deal with. A spokesman said this firm action had defused a very nasty situation. ADJ: usu ADJ n 5. If you describe an injury or a disease as nasty, you mean that it is serious or looks unpleasant. Lili had a nasty chest infection. ADJ 6. see also video nasty

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Filthy, foul, unclean, impure, dirty, polluted, defiled, loathsome, squalid. 2. Obscene, smutty, gross, indelicate, lewd, indecent, ribald, loose. 3. Nauseous, sickening, disgusting, offensive, repulsive, odious, disagreeable. 4. Disagreeable, annoying, troublesome, aggravating, pestering, pesky.

Moby Thesaurus

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