nasty taste

  • 1leave a nasty taste — british phrase used for saying that you are still upset about something that happened It was only a small betrayal, but it left a nasty taste. Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing when you are annoyed or angrysynonym Main entry: nasty …

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  • 2leave a nasty taste — British used for saying that you are still upset about something that happened It was only a small betrayal, but it left a nasty taste …

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  • 3leave a nasty taste in the mouth — leave a bad/nasty ˈtaste in the mouth idiom (of events or experiences) to make you feel disgusted or ashamed afterwards Main entry: ↑tasteidiom …

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  • 4(a) nasty taste in your mouth — a bad/nasty/unpleasant/taste in your mouth informal phrase if an experience leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth, you continue to feel unhappy or angry about it for a while Thesaurus: feelings of hatred or dislikingsynonym …

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  • 5nasty — adjective 1 BEHAVIOUR nasty behaviour or remarks are extremely unkind and unpleasant; malicious: a nasty temper | That s a nasty thing to say! | There s a nasty streak in her character. | be nasty to (=treat someone in an unkind way): Don t be so …

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  • 6nasty — nas|ty S2 [ˈna:sti US ˈnæsti] adj comparative nastier superlative nastiest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(behaviour)¦ 2¦(person)¦ 3¦(experience/situation)¦ 4¦(sight/smell etc)¦ 5¦(injury/illness)¦ 6¦(substance)¦ 7 a nasty piece of work ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ …

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  • 7nasty — UK [ˈnɑːstɪ] / US [ˈnæstɪ] adjective Word forms nasty : adjective nasty comparative nastier superlative nastiest 1) a) very unpleasant to taste, smell, see, or feel a nasty cold wind nasty looking bugs cheap and nasty: cheap and nasty red wine b) …

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  • 8taste — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 flavour/flavor ADJECTIVE ▪ delicious, fresh, nice, pleasant, refreshing ▪ distinctive ▪ pungent, rich …

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  • 9taste — 1 /teIst/ noun 1 FOOD (singular, uncountable) the special feeling that is produced by a particular food or drink when you put it in your mouth: Sugar has a sweet taste. | Has the milk gone sour? It s got a funny taste. | the strong taste of the… …

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  • 10taste — taste1 W2S2 [teıst] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(food)¦ 2¦(what you like)¦ 3¦(judgment)¦ 4¦(what is acceptable/not offensive)¦ 5¦(experience)¦ 6¦(feeling)¦ 7 ... to taste ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(FOOD)¦ …

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