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A desire or propensity to cause hurt or harm to (someone)
“It often reads like a tutorial in power and intimidation, revealing the ways a dictator's nastiness multiplies.”
The state or fact of being ill-tempered or in a bad mood
“Even though he hadn't treated her in a gentlemanly way tonight, and even though he'd hide the hurt behind nastiness and bad temper, she didn't have it in her to embarrass him.”
Harshness or sharpness in tone, nature or character
“You are not the only person I know who has his nasty moments, but you are probably the only one who flatters himself that his nastiness is frankness, and therefore a virtue. It isn't.”
A state of hostility between people or groups
“The nurses hovered over Nance like vultures, albeit good-natured ones. Ready to help, but expecting grievous tension, or perhaps, sheer nastiness between the two families.”
The state or quality of being unpleasant to the senses
“Separating in experience the pure odor of rotten meat from the anhedonic nastiness of the smell is impossible.”
The quality or state of being dirty or filthy
“Fresh air and bird songs go a long way toward alleviating the chain motel nastiness of the room.”
The quality or state of being crude or vulgar
“D'Aurevilly's text, which consists of a series of rather scabrous stories about women, rather outstrips in nastiness and vulgarity Clouzot's own film.”
The state of being tastelessly gaudy or flashy
The state or quality of being cussed
Acrimony, awkwardness, or bitterness manifested in a situation or behavior
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