nasty adj - definition in American English Dictionary

nasty

/ˈnæs·ti/ adj

› mean, unpleasant, or offensive:

He was, to be honest, a nasty man, with never a kind word for anyone.

I got a rather nasty (= severe) cut from the garage door.

(Definition of nasty adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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