nasty
Something nastySomething nasty.
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Meaning
3 senses(informal)Something nasty.
Processed foods are full of aspartame and other nasties.
This video game involves flying through a maze zapping various nasties.
(euphemistic, slang)Sexual intercourse.
A video nasty.
Examples
236 sentencesHe is nasty.
Він огидний. — Anjy
ruОн противный. — odexed
Tom is nasty.
Том бридкий. — deniko
ruТом противный. — odexed
His brother was nasty to me.
deSein Bruder war gemein zu mir. — kriskelvin
Tom gave Mary a nasty look.
ruТом угрожающе посмотрел на Мэри. — sharptoothed
There's no need to be nasty.
Origin
From Middle English nasty, nasti, naxty, naxte (“unclean, filthy”), whence also Early ModeFrom Middle English nasty, nasti, naxty, naxte (“unclean, filthy”), whence also Early Modern English nasky (“nasty”), of obscure origin. Probably from earlier Middle English *naskty, *naskedy, from Middle English *nasked (“dirty, messy”) + -y, ultimately of North Germanic origin (comparable to Danish nasket (“dirty, foul, unpleasant”), Swedish naskot (“dirty, filthy”), Swedish naskig, naskug (“nasty, dirty, messy”)), themselves all probably related to Proto-Germanic *hnaskuz (“tender, soft”). Likely doublet of nesh and nosh. Cognate with Scots nastie, nestie (“dirty, filthy”).
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Forms
plural: nastiesWord family
1 related wordsCollocations
3 patterns- nasty things
- has a nasty
- was nasty to
See also
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