nasty
To besmirch, to befoulTo besmirch, to befoul.
Meaning
1 senses(also, figuratively, reflexive)To besmirch, to befoul.
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
nasties, nastying, nastied, nastiedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- nasty things
- has a nasty
- was nasty to
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.