nastiness

nas·ty

N0023900 (năs′tē)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).

---

[Middle English nasti, filthy, possibly alteration of Old French nastre, bad, short for villenastre : vilein, bad; see villain + -astre, pejorative suff. (from Latin -aster).]

---

nas′ti·ly adv.nas′ti·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nastiness - a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refusefilthiness, foulness, filthunsanitariness - a state that is not conducive to health
	2.	nastiness - malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nastybitchiness, cattiness, spite, spitefulnessmalevolency, malice, malevolence - the quality of threatening evil
	3.	nastiness - the quality of being unpleasant; "I flinched at the nastiness of his wound"unpleasantness - the quality of giving displeasure; "the recent unpleasantness of the weather"beastliness - unpleasant nastiness; used especially of nasty weatherniceness - the quality of nice

nastiness

noun1. unpleasantness, ugliness, offensiveness, disagreeableness the sheer nastiness of modern urban life2. spite, malice, venom, unpleasantness, meanness, bitchiness (slang), offensiveness, spitefulness `You're just like your mother,' he said, with a tone of nastiness in his voice.3. dirt, pollution, filth, squalor, impurity, foulness, defilement, dirtiness, filthiness, uncleanliness Much filth and nastiness is spread amongst the huts.4. obscenity, porn (informal), pornography, indecency, impropriety, vulgarity, smut, crudity, licentiousness, offensiveness, ribaldry, lewdness, salaciousness, indelicacy, smuttiness Almost every page of the book was filled with this kind of nastiness.

nastiness

nounA desire to harm others or to see others suffer:despitefulness, ill will, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, poisonousness, spite, spitefulness, venomousness, viciousness.

Translations

不洁龌龊

nasty

(ˈnaːsti) adjective1. unpleasant to the senses. a nasty smell. 令人作嘔的 令人作呕的2. unfriendly or unpleasant in manner. The man was very nasty to me. 態度兇的 凶恶的3. wicked; evil. He has a nasty temper. 脾氣壞的 卑鄙的4. (of weather) very poor, cold, rainy etc. 惡劣的(指天氣) 非常恶劣的（指天气） 5. (of a wound, cut etc) serious. That dog gave her a nasty bite. 嚴重的 严重的6. awkward or very difficult. a nasty situation. 尷尬棘手的 难处理的ˈnastily adverb 令人作嘔地，惡劣地(指態度、脾氣、天氣)，嚴重地，尷尬棘手 极脏地，污秽地，恶劣地（指态度、脾气、天气），严重地 ˈnastiness noun 齷齪，不潔，令人作嘔，惡劣(指態度、脾氣、天氣)，嚴重，尷尬棘手 龌龊，不洁