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Nastiness — Nas ti*ness, n. The quality or state of being nasty; extreme filthness; dirtiness; also, indecency; obscenity. [1913 Webster] The nastiness of Plautus and Aristophanes. Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nastiness — noun 1) my mother tried to shut herself off from all the nastiness of life Syn: unpleasantness, disagreeableness, offensiveness, vileness, foulness 2) her uncharacteristic nastiness Syn: unkindness, unpleasantness, unfriendliness,… … Thesaurus of popular words
nastiness — nasty ► 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
nastiness — noun 1. malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty • Syn: ↑cattiness, ↑bitchiness, ↑spite, ↑spitefulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑nasty, ↑spiteful (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
nastiness — noun see nasty … New Collegiate Dictionary
nastiness — See nastily. * * * … Universalium
nastiness — noun a) a lack of cleanliness b) dirt or filth … Wiktionary
nastiness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A desire to harm others or to see others suffer: despitefulness, ill will, malevolence, malice, maliciousness, malignancy, malignity, meanness, poisonousness, spite, spitefulness, venomousness, viciousness. See… … English dictionary for students
nastiness — nas·ti·ness || næstɪnɪs / nÉ‘Ë n. dirtiness, filth; evil, maliciousness; wretchedness, state of being disgusting; severeness, extremeness; obscenity … English contemporary dictionary
nastiness — n. 1. Filth, filthiness, dirtiness, foulness, impurity, uncleanness, pollution, defilement, squalor. 2. Obscenity, smuttiness, indecency, ribaldry, grossness … New dictionary of synonyms
