/ˈnaː.sti/, /ˈnɑː.sti/, /ˈnæs.ti/
OriginFrom Old English æt þæm eastan hæge (“at the eastern hedged enclosure”).
- USDirty, filthy.
“In such condition, there is no place for Industry; because the fruit thereof is uncertain: and consequently no Culture of the Earth; no Navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by S”
“I really don't have any friends at school Mama Mia. They talk about me all the time. They say my hair's nappy and my clothes are nasty.”
- Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person).
“Jonathan kept staring at him, till I was afraid he would notice. I feared he might take it ill, he looked so fierce and nasty.”
- Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive.
“‘It's a nasty trade,’ said Mr. Limbkins, when Gamfield had again stated his wish.”
- Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd.
“He said to Mr. Tallboy he thought the headline was a bit hot. And Mr. Tallboy said he had a nasty mind.”
“We want threesomes, blowjobs, and orgies. That's just the way it is. We want the good girl who's nasty in bed.”
- Spiteful, unkind.
“She had said: "I love the block button on Twitter. I don't know how people expect to send a nasty comment and not get blocked."”
- UKAwkward, difficult to navigate; dangerous.
“There was a nasty period during the First World War when the family's allegiance was called into question - not least because one of the Schroders had been made a baron by the Kaiser.”
- UKGrave or dangerous (of an accident, illness etc.).
“Moving into the middle ages, William the Conqueror managed to rout the English and rule the country, then see off numerous plots and assassination attempts, before his horse did for him in a nasty fal”
- US, slangFormidable, terrific; wicked.
“"Well," she grinned, looking hot and sexy. "They say you doing some real nasty shit in the NBA, but on the mic you a little too competitive. They say you a gaming niggah who likes to keep up all kinds”
- informalSomething nasty.
“Processed foods are full of aspartame and other nasties.”
“This video game involves flying through a maze zapping various nasties.”
“I also urge the regular visual examination of the rectum (anoscopy) for people who engage in rectal sex, for the early detection of rectal warts, hemorrhoids, fissures — all those rectal nasties.”
- euphemistic, slangSexual intercourse.
- A video nasty.
“In this way, it is hoped that the nasties will be dealt with, and the remainder regularized.”
“Jones evokes the nasties discursively to brand the Splat Pack as 'authentic outlaws'.”
- A hamlet in Great Munden parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3524).
Formsnastier(comparative) · nastiest(superlative) · nasties(plural)