Thesaurus: nasty

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1. superl. Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; nauseous.
2. superl. Hence, loosely: Offensive; disagreeable; unpropitious; wet; drizzling; as, a nasty rain, day, sky.
3. superl. Characterized by obcenity; indecent; indelicate; gross; filthy.
4. adj. offensive or even (of persons) malicious
5. adj. exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
6. adj. characterized by obscenity
7. adj. disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
8. 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.
9. j:99/n:1 a. offensive or even (of persons) malicious s. exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent