nastiness

The word “nastiness” has 3 syllables: nas-ti-ness

It's pronounced as /ˈnæstɪnɪs/


What is synonym and antonym for nastiness?

In the thesaurus, “nastiness” has 149 synonyms and 52 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for nastiness along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for nastiness

Antonyms for nastiness

  • adoration
  • affection
  • agreeableness
  • amiability
  • amicability
  • amity
  • appropriateness
  • ardor
  • benevolence
  • benignity
  • charitableness
  • charity
  • civility
  • cleanliness
  • comity
  • compassion
  • cordiality
  • correctness
  • decency
  • decorousness
  • decorum
  • devotion
  • empathy
  • fitness
  • friendliness
  • friendship
  • good-naturedness
  • goodwill
  • hospitality
  • humanity
  • infatuation
  • kindliness
  • kindness
  • love
  • passion
  • perfection
  • pleasantness
  • priggery
  • priggishness
  • primness
  • prudery
  • prudishness
  • puritanism
  • purity
  • seemliness
  • spotlessness
  • suitability
  • suitableness
  • sympathy
  • understanding
  • veneration
  • worship

Meanings of nastiness

  • noun
    1. Lack of cleanliness.
    2. Dirt, filth.
    3. Indecency; corruption; unkindness, meanness, spite, harshness, cruelty.
    4. Unpleasantness, disagreeableness (to the senses).
    5. A nasty action, object, quality, etc. (all senses of nasty).

Example Sentences

  • She couldn't tolerate the nastiness of the comments on social media anymore.
  • The nastiness of the weather made it impossible to enjoy the outdoor event.
  • His jokes were often laced with nastiness, causing discomfort among his friends.
  • The nastiness of the dispute between the neighbors escalated into a full-blown argument.
  • Despite her attempts to hide it, there was a hint of nastiness in her tone during the conversation.

On this page you'll find 201 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nastiness, such as: abhorrence, abomination, abusiveness, adoration, affection, agreeableness, amiability.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abusiveness

bad blood

  • acrimony
  • alienation
  • anger
  • animosity
  • animus
  • antagonism
  • antipathy
  • bad chemistry
  • bad feeling
  • bad vibes
  • bad will
  • bitterness
  • blood feud
  • conflict
  • coolness
  • disaccord
  • disaffection
  • discord
  • dislike
  • distrust
  • enmity
  • estrangement
  • feud
  • friction
  • gall
  • grudge
  • hard feelings
  • hate
  • hatred
  • hostility
  • ill will
  • ill-disposedness
  • inhospitableness
  • jaundice
  • loathing
  • malevolence
  • malice
  • malignancy
  • malignity
  • mutual hostility
  • nastiness
  • odium
  • oppugnancy
  • oppugnation
  • personality conflict
  • rancor
  • resentment
  • score
  • spite
  • spitefulness
  • strain
  • tension
  • unfriendliness
  • vendetta
  • venom
  • vindictiveness
  • virulence
  • vitriol

barbarity

barbarousness

  • atrociousness
  • atrocity
  • barbarity
  • bloodlust
  • bloodthirstiness
  • brutality
  • cattiness
  • cruelness
  • cruelty
  • depravity
  • despitefulness
  • enormity
  • evilness
  • fellness
  • ferociousness
  • ferocity
  • fiendishness
  • fierceness
  • grimness
  • hard-heartedness
  • hardhandedness
  • harshness
  • hatefulness
  • heartlessness
  • heavy-handedness
  • heinousness
  • horror
  • inhumanity
  • inhumanness
  • malevolence
  • maliciousness
  • malignity
  • meanness
  • mercilessness
  • monstrousness
  • murderousness
  • nastiness
  • nefariousness
  • oppressiveness
  • pitilessness
  • ruthlessness
  • sadism
  • sanguineness
  • sanguinity
  • savageness
  • savagery
  • shockingness
  • spitefulness
  • truculence
  • unfeelingness
  • viciousness
  • vileness
  • villianousness
  • wantonness
  • wickedness

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