nasty
/ˈnɑːsti/ adj (nastier, nastiest)Definition
B1 very bad: He had a nasty cut above his eye. There’s a nasty smell in here.
B1 not kind: She’s always being nasty to her little brother.
(Definition of nasty adj from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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