nasty

The word “nasty” has 2 syllables: nas-ty.

It's pronounced as /ˈnæsti/.

What is synonym and antonym for nasty?

In the thesaurus, “nasty” has 84 synonyms and 116 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for nasty

aching
annoying
awful
bad
bitter
blackened
bleak
cheap
complicated
cruel
damaging
difficult
dirty
disgusting
distasteful
disturbing
dreadful
dusty
evil
fierce
filthy
foul
frightening
gross
harsh
hateful
hideous
horrible
hurting
icky
illegal
immoral
indecent
lame
malicious
mean
muddy
murderous
naughty
noxious
obnoxious
obscene
offensive
ornery
outrageous
painful
pitiful
pornographic
problematic
problematical
rainy
ribald
rough
ruthless
sarcastic
scary
sensitive
serious
severe
shocking
sickening
smutty
sore
sorry
sour
stained
sticky
tough
troublesome
troubling
turbulent
ugly
unfair
unkind
unpleasant
unpleasing
unseemly
unsettling
upsetting
vicious
vile
vulgar
wicked
wretched

Antonyms for nasty

acceptable
admirable
agreeable
alluring
appealing
attractive
beneficial
benevolent
benign
bright
calm
clean
cleaned
cleanly
clear
cloudless
commendable
compassionate
congenial
considerate
correct
creditable
curative
decent
delicious
delightful
desirable
dreamy
easy
effortless
enjoyable
ethical
excellent
facile
fair
friendly
genteel
gentle
giving
good
grateful
gratifying
healing
heavenly
helpful
helping
high
honest
honorable
immaculate
indolent
innocuous
inoffensive
just
kind
kindly
laudable
legal
limpid
lofty
loving
luscious
manageable
meritorious
mild
moral
neat
nice
noble
painless
pleasant
pleasing
pleasurable
polite
praiseworthy
priggish
prim
proper
prudish
pure
puritanical
reassuring
refined
remedial
respectable
right
righteous
satisfying
scrupulous
settling
simple
soothing
spick-and-span
spotless
staid
stainless
sterile
straight
straightforward
sunny
sweet
sympathetic
tender
ultraclean
uncomplicated
unsoiled
unstained
unsullied
upright
venerable
victorian
virtuous
warm
welcome
wholesome
wonderful

Meanings of nasty

noun
1. Something nasty.
2. (preceded by "the") Sexual intercourse.
3. A video nasty.
adjective
1. Dirty, filthy.
2. Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person).
3. Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive.
4. Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd.
5. Spiteful, unkind.
6. Awkward, difficult to navigate; dangerous.
7. Grave or dangerous (of an accident, illness etc.).
8. Formidable, terrific; wicked.

Example Sentences

She gave him a nasty look after he spilled coffee on her shirt.
The restaurant received a bad review due to its nasty food and rude staff.
He was known for his nasty habit of interrupting others during meetings.
The medicine had a nasty taste that lingered long after swallowing it.
The argument took a nasty turn when insults were exchanged between the two parties.

On this page you'll find 200 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nasty, such as: acceptable, aching, admirable, agreeable, alluring, annoying, appealing.

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