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Definition of Nasty
1. Adjective. Offensive or even (of persons) malicious. "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"
Attributes: Nastiness
Similar to: Dirty, Filthy, Lousy, Grotty, Hateful, Mean
Also: Unpleasant
Derivative terms: Awfulness, Nastiness, Nastiness
Antonyms: Nice
2. Adjective. Exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent. "A good man to have on your side in a tight situation"
3. Adjective. Characterized by obscenity. "Smutty jokes"
Similar to: Dirty
Derivative terms: Filth, Filthiness, Nastiness, Smut, Smut, Smuttiness
4. Adjective. Disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter. "A nasty pigsty of a room"
Similar to: Dirty, Soiled, Unclean
Derivative terms: Filth, Filth, Filthiness, Foulness, Nastiness
Definition of Nasty
1. a. Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; nauseous.
Definition of Nasty
1. Adjective. (context: now chiefly US) Dirty, filthy. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
2. Adjective. Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person). (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
3. Adjective. Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellant, offensive. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
4. Adjective. Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd. (defdate from 17th c.) ¹
5. Adjective. Spiteful, unkind. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹
6. Adjective. (context: chiefly UK) Awkward, difficult to navigate; dangerous. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹
7. Adjective. (context: chiefly _UK) Grave or dangerous (of an accident, illness etc.). (defdate from 19th c.) ¹
8. Adjective. (context: slang chiefly US) Formidable, terrific; wicked. (defdate from 20th c.) ¹
9. Noun. Something nasty. ¹
10. Noun. (euphemistic preceded by "the") Sexual intercourse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nasty
1. offensive to the senses [adj -TIER, -TIEST] : NASTILY [adv] / something that is nasty [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nasty
Literary usage of Nasty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"He would have thought her temper had turned nasty, though that was not her way.
... She is a nasty hateful creature ; and I do hate her , . ..."
2. Forty Years an Advertising Agent, 1865-1905 by George Presbury Rowell (1906)
""It looks nasty. It smells nasty. If it breaks it will soil anything it touches.
It tastes nasty, and if it is ever exposed to 32 degrees of cold it will ..."
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