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nasty

modif.

Offensive to the senses
dirty, foul, gross, revolting; see offensive 2, vulgar 1.
Indecent
immoral, immodest, smutty; see lewd 1, 2, shameful 1, wicked 1.
Likely to be harmful
injurious, damaging, noxious; see dangerous 1, fierce 2, harmful, poisonous.
Unkind
sarcastic, critical, mean; see cruel 1, fierce 1, ruthless 1.

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Another word for nasty

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Heavily soiled; very dirty or unclean:
filthy, foul, squalid, vile. See clean
Extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings:
atrocious, disgusting, foul, horrid, nauseating, offensive, repellent, repulsive, revolting, sickening, ugly, unwholesome, vile. See like, pain
Offensive to accepted standards of decency:
barnyard, bawdy, broad, coarse, dirty, Fescennine, filthy, foul, gross, lewd, obscene, profane, ribald, scatologic, scatological, scurrilous, smutty, vulgar. (Slang) raunchy. See decent
Characterized by intense ill will or spite:
black, despiteful, evil, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean², poisonous, spiteful, venomous, vicious, wicked. (Slang) bitchy. See attitude
Having or showing a bad temper:
bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, snappy, surly, testy, ugly, waspish. (Informal) crabby, mean². Idiom: out of sorts. See attitude
So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation:
abhorrent, abominable, antipathetic, contemptible, despicable, despisable, detestable, disgusting, filthy, foul, infamous, loathsome, lousy, low, mean², nefarious, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, rotten, shabby, vile, wretched. See good

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I wonder if that nasty dog is in need of a walk.
He was a cruel and nasty man.
He was nasty to everyone.
Don't get nasty on me.
"You speak to the colonel about this nasty business before other officers," continued the staff captain, "and Bogdanich" (the colonel was called Bogdanich) "shuts you up."

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