Dictionary Entry
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
- 1superlative
Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; nauseous.
- 2superlative
Hence, loosely: Offensive; disagreeable; unpropitious; wet; drizzling; as, a nasty rain, day, sky.
- 3superlative
Characterized by obcenity; indecent; indelicate; gross; filthy.
- 4adjective
disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
"as filthy as a pigsty"
"a foul pond"
- 5adjective
characterized by obscenity
"had a filthy mouth"
"foul language"
- 6adjective
exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
"a nasty problem"
"a good man to have on your side in a tight situation"
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- 7adjective
offensive or even (of persons) malicious- Ezra Pound
"in a nasty mood"
"a nasty accident"
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