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Nastiness

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Noun

1. filth, filthiness, foulness, nastiness

a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse

2. bitchiness, cattiness, nastiness, spite, spitefulness

malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty

3. nastiness

the quality of being unpleasant

Example Sentences:
'I flinched at the nastiness of his wound'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Nastiness

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adjective -tier or -tiest
1. 
unpleasant, offensive, or repugnant
2. 
(of an experience, condition, etc) unpleasant, dangerous, or painful
a nasty wound
3. 
spiteful, abusive, or ill-natured
4. 
obscene or indecent
5.  nasty piece of work
noun plural -ties
6. 
an offensive or unpleasant person or thing
a video nasty

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Nastiness

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈnastier or ˈnastiest
1. 
very dirty, filthy
2. 
offensive in taste or smell; nauseating
3. 
morally offensive; indecent
4. 
very unpleasant; objectionable
nasty weather
5. 
mean; malicious; ill-humored
a nasty temper
6. 
very harmful or troublesome
a nasty bruise
nounWord forms: plural ˈnasties
7. 
an offensive, objectionable, or very unpleasant person or thing

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Nastiness

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adj. nas·ti·er, nas·ti·est
1.
a. Disgusting or repellent: a nasty odor rising from the garbage can. See Synonyms at offensive.
b. Unpleasantly cold or wet: nasty weather.
c. Archaic Dirty; filthy.
2. Morally offensive or indecent: a nasty film.
3.
a. Unpleasant or annoying: a nasty habit.
b. Mean or spiteful: Stop being nasty to each other.
4. Painful or dangerous; grave: a nasty accident.
5. Exasperatingly difficult to solve or handle: a nasty puzzle; a nasty problem.
n. pl. nas·ties
One that is nasty: "It is the business of museums to present us with nasties as well as with fine things" (Country Life).

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