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Definitions for Nasty

[1] physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
[2] offensive to taste or smell; nauseating.
[3] offensive; objectionable: a nasty habit.
[4] vicious, spiteful, or ugly: a nasty dog; a nasty rumor.
[5] bad or hard to deal with, encounter, undergo, etc.; dangerous; serious: a nasty cut; a nasty accident.
[6] very unpleasant or disagreeable: nasty weather.
[7] morally filthy; obscene; indecent: a nasty word.
[8] Slang . formidable: The young pitcher has a good fast ball and a nasty curve.
[9] Informal . a nasty person or thing.
[10] a combining form with the meaning “nastic pressure,” of the kind or in the direction specified by the initial element: hyponasty.
[11] unpleasant, offensive, or repugnant
[12] (of an experience, condition, etc) unpleasant, dangerous, or painful a nasty wound
[13] spiteful, abusive, or ill-natured
[14] obscene or indecent
[15] nasty piece of work British informal a cruel or mean person
[16] an offensive or unpleasant person or thing a video nasty
[17] indicating a nastic movement to a certain stimulus nyctinasty

Words related to Nasty

tough, murderous, vile, noxious, vulgar, ornery, outrageous, awful, unpleasant, icky, dirty, horrible, fierce, rough, obnoxious, ribald, unseemly, wicked, distasteful, unkind

Words nearby Nasty

nast, nastase, nastic, nastic movement, nasturtium, nasty, nasus, nasute, nat, nat., natal

Origin of Nasty

-nasty< Greek nast(ós ) pressed close (see nastic) + -y3

Other words from Nasty

nas·ti·ly , adverb
nas·ti·ness , noun

Word origin for Nasty

-nastyfrom Greek nastos pressed down, close-pressed

Synonyms for Nasty

awful, dirty, fierce, horrible, icky, murderous, noxious, obnoxious, ornery, outrageous, rough, tough, unpleasant, vile, vulgar, beastly, bum, disagreeable, filthy, foul, gross, grubby, hellish, horrid, impure, loathsome, lousy, malodorous, mephitic, nauseating, noisome, objectionable, obscene, odious, poison, polluted, raunchy, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening, soiled, squalid, stinking, unappetizing, unclean, uncleanly, ungodly, unholy, yucky