In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
NASTIEST
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
nastiest
superlative form of nasty: most nasty
Anagrams
• Atenists, Titaness, antisets, antsiest, instates, satinets, stainest, statines
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
Word of the Day
27 December 2024
OBLIGATE
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
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