The expression âcoffee breakâ was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
NASTIER
NASTY
filthy, foul, nasty
(adjective) disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; âas filthy as a pigstyâ; âa foul pondâ; âa nasty pigsty of a roomâ
cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty
(adjective) characterized by obscenity; âhad a filthy mouthâ; âfoul languageâ; âsmutty jokesâ
nasty, tight
(adjective) exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; âa nasty problemâ; âa good man to have on your side in a tight situationâ
nasty, awful
(adjective) offensive or even (of persons) malicious; âin a nasty moodâ; âa nasty accidentâ; âa nasty shockâ; âa nasty smellâ; âa nasty trick to pullâ; âWill he say nasty things at my funeral?â- 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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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; âthe thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; âLet them eat cakeââ
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