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nasty

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nasty in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. offensive or even (of persons) malicious
    "in a nasty mood"; "a nasty accident"; "a nasty shock"; "a nasty smell"; "a nasty trick to pull"; "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound
    nasty  awful 
  2. characterized by obscenity
    "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"
    cruddy  filthy  foul  nasty  smutty 
  3. disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
    "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room"
    filthy  foul  nasty 
  4. exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
    "a nasty problem"; "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation"
    nasty  tight 
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