nasty

nasty is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; nauseous. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; nauseous.
2. superlative. Hence, loosely: Offensive; disagreeable; unpropitious; wet; drizzling; as, a nasty rain, day, sky.
3. superlative. Characterized by obcenity; indecent; indelicate; gross; filthy.
4. adjective. disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter

   "as filthy as a pigsty"

   "a foul pond"

   Synonyms: filthy, foul

5. adjective. characterized by obscenity

   "had a filthy mouth"

   "foul language"

   Synonyms: cruddy, filthy, foul, smutty

6. adjective. exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent

   "a nasty problem"

   "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation"

   Synonyms: tight

7. adjective. offensive or even (of persons) malicious- Ezra Pound

   "in a nasty mood"

   "a nasty accident"

   Synonyms: awful

Synonyms

filthy, foul, cruddy, smutty, tight, awful

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in nasty:

antsy, santy, styan, tansy

Common word forms

nastier, nasties, nastily, nastiest

Words from these letters

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