nasty thing

  • 1nasty thing to do — evil deed, mean action …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 2nasty — 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 …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 3Nasty (song) — Nasty U.S. and European cover Single by Janet Jackson from the album Control …

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  • 4Nasty — Nas ty (n[.a]s t[y^]), a. [Compar. {Nastier} (n[.a]s t[i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Nastiest}.] [For older nasky; cf. dial. Sw. naskug, nasket.] 1. Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; nauseous. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, loosely:… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5nasty — [nas′tē] adj. nastier, nastiest [ME < ? or akin to Du nestig, dirty] 1. very dirty, filthy 2. offensive in taste or smell; nauseating 3. morally offensive; indecent 4. very unpleasant; objectionable [nasty weather] …

    English World dictionary

  • 6nasty — ► ADJECTIVE (nastier, nastiest) 1) unpleasant, disgusting, or repugnant. 2) spiteful, violent, or bad tempered. 3) likely to cause or having caused harm; dangerous or serious: a nasty bang on the head. ► NOUN (pl. nasties) informal ▪ …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7thing — n. deed event 1) to do a thing (she did a nice thing when she offered to help; to do great things; to do the right thing) 2) a bad; difficult; easy; good; mean; nasty; nice; sensible; strange; stupid; terrible thing; the right; wrong thing 3) a… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 8nasty — nas|ty1 [ næsti ] adjective 1. ) nasty behavior is unkind or offensive: UNPLEASANT: She said some very nasty things about him. a nasty look a ) a nasty person says or does unkind things to people: a mean, nasty man/woman/child You ve been really… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 9nasty — 01. Our neighbor is a [nasty] old man who is always shouting at the children. 02. She caught a [nasty] cold while on holiday, and has been in bed for a week. 03. He gets really [nasty] when he s had too much to drink, so I d stay away from him… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 10nasty — nastily, adv. nastiness, n. /nas tee/, adj., nastier, nastiest, n., pl. nasties. adj. 1. physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room. 2. offensive to taste or smell; nauseating. 3. offensive; objectionable: a nasty habit. 4 …

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