nasty
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nas·ty
(năs′tē)adj. nas·ti·er, nas·ti·est
1.
a. Disgusting or repellent: a nasty odor rising from the garbage can. See Synonyms at offensive.
b. Unpleasantly cold or wet: nasty weather.
c. Archaic Dirty; filthy.
2. Morally offensive or indecent: a nasty film.
3.
a. Unpleasant or annoying: a nasty habit.
b. Mean or spiteful: Stop being nasty to each other.
4. Painful or dangerous; grave: a nasty accident.
5. Exasperatingly difficult to solve or handle: a nasty puzzle; a nasty problem.
n. pl. nas·ties
One that is nasty: "It is the business of museums to present us with nasties as well as with fine things" (Country Life).
[Middle English nasti, filthy, possibly alteration of Old French nastre, bad, short for villenastre : vilein, bad; see villain + -astre, pejorative suff. (from Latin -aster).]
nas′ti·ly adv.
nas′ti·ness n.
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nasty
(ˈnɑːstɪ)adj, -tier or -tiest
1. unpleasant, offensive, or repugnant
2. (of an experience, condition, etc) unpleasant, dangerous, or painful: a nasty wound.
3. spiteful, abusive, or ill-natured
4. obscene or indecent
5. nasty piece of work informal Brit a cruel or mean person
n, pl -ties
an offensive or unpleasant person or thing: a video nasty.
[C14: origin obscure; probably related to Swedish dialect nasket and Dutch nestig dirty]
ˈnastily adv
ˈnastiness n
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nas•ty
(ˈnæs ti)adj. -ti•er, -ti•est, adj.
1. disgustingly unclean; filthy.
2. offensive to taste or smell; nauseating.
3. indecent or obscene: a nasty word.
4. highly objectionable or unpleasant.
5. vicious, spiteful, or ugly.
6. bad to deal with or experience: a nasty cut; a nasty accident.
7. Slang. formidable: a nasty pitching arm.
n. 8. a nasty person or thing.
[1350–1400; earlier also naxty, naxte, naskie, Middle English, probably < Old Norse]
nas′ti•ly, adv.
nas′ti•ness, n.
-nasty
a combining form with the meaning “nastic pressure,” of the kind or in the direction specified by the initial element: hyponasty.
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| Adj. | 1. |  nasty - offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "in a nasty mood"; "a nasty accident"; "a nasty shock"; "a nasty smell"; "a nasty trick to pull"; "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Poundunpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors" nice - pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; "what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty"- George Meredith; "nice manners"; "a nice dress"; "a nice face"; "a nice day"; "had a nice time at the party"; "the corn and tomatoes are nice today" |
| 2. | nasty - exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; "a nasty problem"; "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation" | |
| 3. | nasty - characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes" dirty - (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth" | |
| 4. | nasty - disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room" dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves" |
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nasty
adjective
1. unpleasant, ugly, disagreeable This divorce could turn nasty.
unpleasant nice, sweet, pleasant, enjoyable, agreeable
unpleasant nice, sweet, pleasant, enjoyable, agreeable
2. spiteful, mean, offensive, annoying, vicious, unpleasant, abusive, vile, malicious, bad-tempered, despicable, disagreeable He's only nasty to me when there's no-one around to see it.
spiteful kind, nice, sweet, decent, pleasant
spiteful kind, nice, sweet, decent, pleasant
3. unpleasant, dirty, offensive, foul, disgusting, horrible, polluted, filthy, sickening, vile, distasteful, repellent, obnoxious, objectionable, disagreeable, nauseating, odious, repugnant, loathsome, grotty (slang), malodorous, noisome, unappetizing, skanky (slang), mephitic, yucky or yukky (slang) It's got a really nasty smell.
4. serious, bad, dangerous, critical, terrible, alarming, severe, grave, awful, painful, dreadful, frightful Lili had a nasty chest infection.
5. foul, unpleasant, filthy, stormy, inclement The weather has turned nasty again.
6. obscene, blue, sick, dirty, offensive, gross, foul, disgusting, crude, rude, filthy, indecent, vulgar, vile, improper, pornographic, lewd, risqué, profane, x-rated, salacious, impure, lascivious, smutty, ribald, licentious, scatological, indelicate There's no need for such nasty language, young man.
obscene clean, decent
obscene clean, decent
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nasty
adjective2. Extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings:
3. 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.
4. Characterized by intense ill will or spite:
black, despiteful, evil, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, poisonous, spiteful, venomous, vicious, wicked.
Slang: bitchy.
5. 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.
Idiom: out of sorts.
6. So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation:
abhorrent, abominable, antipathetic, contemptible, despicable, despisable, detestable, disgusting, filthy, foul, infamous, loathsome, lousy, low, mean, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, rotten, shabby, vile, wretched.
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Translations
بَذيءرَديء الطَّبْعرَديء، سَيِّء، ماطِر وبارِدصَعْب، مُحْرِجكَرِيهٌ
nepříjemnýobtížnýodpornýohavnýprotivný
ækelgemengrimmodbydelignederdrægtig
paha
gadan
csúnyakomiszundok
alvarlegur, slæmurandstyggilegurillgjarnörîugur, alvarlegurslæmur, andstyggilegur
嫌な
고약한
nemalonumasžvarbus
bīstamsdraudīgsļaunsnejauksriebīgs
hudhudobenneprijeten
elak
น่ารังเกียจ
làm bực mình
nasty
[ˈnɑːstɪ]A. ADJ (nastier (compar) (nastiest (superl)))
1. (= unpleasant) [situation, experience, surprise] → desagradable; [taste, smell] → desagradable, repugnante; [habit, weather] → desagradable, feo, malo
it was a nasty business → fue un asunto desagradable
I've got a nasty feeling that → tengo la horrible sensación de que ...
history has a nasty habit of repeating itself → la historia tiene la mala costumbre de repetirse
he had a nasty shock → se llevó un susto terrible
the situation turned nasty → la situación se puso fea
see also taste A2
it was a nasty business → fue un asunto desagradable
I've got a nasty feeling that → tengo la horrible sensación de que ...
history has a nasty habit of repeating itself → la historia tiene la mala costumbre de repetirse
he had a nasty shock → se llevó un susto terrible
the situation turned nasty → la situación se puso fea
see also taste A2
2. (= serious) [accident] → serio, grave; [cut, wound] → feo; [infection] → fuerte; [disease] → peligroso
a nasty case of → un caso grave de
she had a nasty fall → tuvo una mala caída
a nasty case of → un caso grave de
she had a nasty fall → tuvo una mala caída
3. (= difficult) [question] → difícil; [bend, junction] → peligroso; [problem] → complicado
there was one nasty moment when → se produjo un momento de tensión cuando ...
there was one nasty moment when → se produjo un momento de tensión cuando ...
4. (= spiteful) [person, remark] → cruel, desagradable; [joke] → de mal gusto, grosero
a nasty-looking individual → un individuo mal encarado
he's a nasty piece of work → es un canalla
to be nasty to sb → ser cruel con algn
don't be nasty to your little brother → no seas malo con tu hermanito
a nasty trick → una mala jugada
he turned nasty and started to shout → se puso agresivo y empezó a gritar
a nasty-looking individual → un individuo mal encarado
he's a nasty piece of work → es un canalla
to be nasty to sb → ser cruel con algn
don't be nasty to your little brother → no seas malo con tu hermanito
a nasty trick → una mala jugada
he turned nasty and started to shout → se puso agresivo y empezó a gritar
B. N there were a few hidden nasties in my bill → había unas cuantas sorpresas desagradables en mi cuenta
see also video C
see also video C
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nasty
[ˈnɑːsti] adj (= spiteful) [person, remark] → méchant(e)
to be nasty to sb → être méchant(e) avec qn
to turn nasty [person] → devenir méchant(e)
to give sb a nasty look → regarder qn d'un air méchant, lancer à qn un regard méchant
He gave me a nasty look → Il m'a regardé d'un air méchant., Il m'a lancé un regard méchant.
to have a nasty temper → avoir un caractère de cochon
to be nasty to sb → être méchant(e) avec qn
to turn nasty [person] → devenir méchant(e)
to give sb a nasty look → regarder qn d'un air méchant, lancer à qn un regard méchant
He gave me a nasty look → Il m'a regardé d'un air méchant., Il m'a lancé un regard méchant.
to have a nasty temper → avoir un caractère de cochon
[weather] → affreux/euse
The weather can be very nasty in February → Il peut faire un temps vraiment affreux en février.
to turn nasty [weather] → se gâter
The weather can be very nasty in February → Il peut faire un temps vraiment affreux en février.
to turn nasty [weather] → se gâter
[situation] → désagréable
to turn nasty [situation] → mal tourner
it's a nasty business → c'est une sale affaire
to turn nasty [situation] → mal tourner
it's a nasty business → c'est une sale affaire
[injury, cut, bruise, disease, cold] → mauvais(e) before n
a nasty cold → un mauvais rhume
It's a nasty injury → C'est une mauvaise blessure.
a nasty cold → un mauvais rhume
It's a nasty injury → C'est une mauvaise blessure.
[shock] → rude before n
to get a nasty shock → recevoir un rude choc
She got a nasty shock → Elle a reçu un rude choc.
He'll get a nasty shock → Il va avoir un de ces chocs.
I got a nasty shock when the bill came → Le choc fut rude lorsque j'ai reçu la facture., Ce fut un rude choc lorsque j'ai reçu la facture.
to get a nasty shock → recevoir un rude choc
She got a nasty shock → Elle a reçu un rude choc.
He'll get a nasty shock → Il va avoir un de ces chocs.
I got a nasty shock when the bill came → Le choc fut rude lorsque j'ai reçu la facture., Ce fut un rude choc lorsque j'ai reçu la facture.
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nasty
adj (+er)
(= unpleasant) → scheußlich; smell, taste → scheußlich, widerlich; medicine → ekelhaft, widerlich; weather, habit → abscheulich, scheußlich; surprise → böse, unangenehm; (= serious) break, cough, wound, fall → böse, schlimm; situation, problem, accident → schlimm; moment → böse; (= objectionable) crime, behaviour, language, word, names → abscheulich; (= dirty) → schmutzig; (= dangerous) virus, disease → böse, gefährlich; corner, bend, fog → böse, übel, gefährlich; that’s a nasty-looking sky/cut → der Himmel/der Schnitt sieht böse aus; she had a nasty fall → sie ist böse or schlimm gefallen; history has a nasty habit of repeating itself → die Geschichte hat die unangenehme Gewohnheit, sich zu wiederholen; he had a nasty time of it → es ging ihm sehr schlecht or ganz übel; he has a nasty look in his eyes → sein Blick verheißt nichts Gutes; don’t touch that, that’s nasty → pfui, fass das nicht an; they pulled all his teeth out — nasty! → sie haben ihm alle Zähne gezogen — wie scheußlich or unangenehm!; a nasty surprise or shock → eine böse or unangenehme Überraschung; to turn nasty (situation, person) → unangenehm werden; (animal) → wild werden; (weather) → schlecht werden, umschlagen; events took a nasty turn → die Dinge nahmen eine Wendung zum Schlechten
(= malicious) person, behaviour → gemein, gehässig, garstig (dated), → fies (inf) → (to sb jdm gegenüber); trick → gemein, übel; remark, word → gemein; rumour → gehässig, übel; he has a nasty temper → mit ihm ist nicht gut Kirschen essen; don’t say that, that’s nasty → pfui, so was sagt man doch nicht; to be nasty about somebody → gemein über jdn reden; that was a nasty thing to say/do → das war gemein or fies (inf); you nasty little boy (you)! → du böser Junge; a nasty little man → ein Giftzwerg m (inf); what a nasty man → was für ein ekelhafter Mensch; he’s a nasty bit or piece of work (inf) → er ist ein übler Kunde (inf) → or Typ (inf)
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nasty
[ˈnɑːstɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (smell, taste) → cattivo/a, sgradevole; (moment, experience, situation) → brutto/a, spiacevole; (accident, wound, corner, trick) → brutto/a; (person) → antipatico/a, villano/a; (000, spiteful, also, remark, mind) → maligno/a, cattivo/a; (temper, nature) → brutto/a; (weather) → brutto/a, cattivo/a; (book, film) → di cattivo gusto; (violent) → violento/ato smell nasty → non avere un buon odore
to turn nasty (situation) → mettersi male (weather) → guastarsi (person) → incattivirsi
he's a nasty piece of work (fam) → è un farabutto
what a nasty mind you have! → quanto sei maligno!
he had a nasty time of it → se l'è passata brutta
she gave me a nasty look → mi ha dato un'occhiataccia
it's a nasty business → è una brutta faccenda, è un brutto affare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
nasty
(ˈnaːsti) adjective1. unpleasant to the senses. a nasty smell.
2. unfriendly or unpleasant in manner. The man was very nasty to me.
3. wicked; evil. He has a nasty temper.
4. (of weather) very poor, cold, rainy etc.
5. (of a wound, cut etc) serious. That dog gave her a nasty bite.
6. awkward or very difficult. a nasty situation.
ˈnastily adverbˈnastiness noun
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nasty
→ كَرِيهٌ nepříjemný nederdrægtig scheußlich αντιπαθητικός desagradable paha méchant gadan sgradevole 嫌な 고약한 gemeen utrivelig złośliwy desagradável противный elak น่ารังเกียจ berbat làm bực mình 令人不悦的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
nasty
a. agresivo-a, de mal carácter;
___ illness → enfermedad grave, seria;
___ weather → mal tiempo.
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