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nasty adjective
/ˈnɑː.sti/
/ˈnæs.ti/ adj Definition
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bad or very unpleasanta nasty shock/surprise
There's a nasty smell in here.
He had a nasty cut above the eye.
She has a nasty habit of picking on people in meetings.
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unkindDon't be so nasty to your brother - he's four years younger than you!
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dangerous or violentIn an emergency you could get out through a window, but it would be a nasty drop.
The situation could turn (= become) nasty at any moment.
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rude or offensiveShe said some quite nasty things about him.
have a nasty feeling
to think that something bad is likely to happen or to be true
I've got a nasty feeling that I forgot to tell Joe I couldn't come.
nastily adverb
/ˈnɑː.stɪ.li//ˈnæs.tɪ-/ adv He laughed nastily (= unkindly) and walked away.
nastiness noun
/ˈnɑː.stɪ.nəs//ˈnæs.tɪ-/ n [U] (Definition of nasty adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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