NASTIER

NASTY

filthy, foul, nasty

(adjective) disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; “as filthy as a pigsty”; “a foul pond”; “a nasty pigsty of a room”

cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty

(adjective) characterized by obscenity; “had a filthy mouth”; “foul language”; “smutty jokes”

nasty, tight

(adjective) exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; “a nasty problem”; “a good man to have on your side in a tight situation”

nasty, awful

(adjective) 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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

nastier

comparative form of nasty

Anagrams

• Stanier, anestri, antsier, atrines, in tears, rainest, ratinĂ©s, resiant, restain, retains, retinas, retsina, rinsate, stainer, starnie, stearin, tin ears

Source: Wiktionary


NASTY

Nas"ty, a. [Compar. Nastier (; superl. Nastiest.] Etym: [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. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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