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Adjective
Very bad or unpleasant
“Plans to build a new sewage plant to help free the air of nasty pongs should be given full support, a councillor said today.”
Adjective
Depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
“They got hold of spray cans and wrote nasty things on the back of the headstones.”
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Behaving in an unpleasant or spiteful way
“That just proves something else, he's selfish - finding humour in someone else's misfortune, is a cruel and nasty thing to do.”
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Dangerous or painful
“Her father's had a nasty accident.”
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Annoying or unwelcome
“But events have this nasty habit of coming along and disturbing all your best-laid plans, don't they?”
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Causing or feeling bodily pain
“… a nasty cut on my lip.”
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Causing worry or anxiety
“… she had the nasty sense that she'd made a mistake somewhere.”
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Requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling
“… given the high-ranking people involved, it will be a nasty job to hammer out a compromise.”
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“The weather had turned much colder with a nasty North Easterly wind chilling all the lakes.”
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