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.

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

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abominable

  • abhorrent
  • atrocious
  • awful
  • contemptible
  • despicable
  • disgusting
  • dreadful
  • heinous
  • hideous
  • horrible
  • horrid
  • nasty
  • obnoxious
  • obscene
  • odious
  • offensive
  • reprehensible
  • repugnant
  • repulsive
  • revolting
  • shocking
  • sickening
  • terrible
  • ugly
  • vile
  • wretched

bad

  • adverse
  • atrocious
  • awful
  • badly
  • bitter
  • cheap
  • corrupted
  • cruel
  • crummy
  • damaging
  • dangerous
  • dark
  • defective
  • deficient
  • depressed
  • detrimental
  • disastrous
  • disgusting
  • distressing
  • dreadful
  • evil
  • flawed
  • grim
  • harmful
  • harsh
  • hateful
  • heartbroken
  • horrible
  • illegal
  • immoral
  • imperfect
  • inferior
  • intense
  • invalid
  • lame
  • lousy
  • malicious
  • melancholy
  • mischievous
  • miserable
  • nasty
  • naughty
  • null
  • null and void
  • painful
  • poor
  • poorly
  • putrid
  • rotten
  • rough
  • sad
  • serious
  • sick
  • sinful
  • sorry
  • sour
  • spoiled
  • terrible
  • ugly
  • unacceptable
  • unfavorable
  • unfortunate
  • unhappy
  • unhealthy
  • unlawful
  • unpleasant
  • unpleasing
  • upset
  • vicious
  • vile
  • void
  • wicked
  • worried
  • wrong

dangerous

  • adverse
  • alarming
  • bad
  • critical
  • damaging
  • deadly
  • detrimental
  • fatal
  • harmful
  • hazardous
  • nasty
  • perilous
  • precarious
  • risky
  • serious
  • terrible
  • threatening
  • treacherous
  • ugly
  • unhealthy
  • unsafe
  • unstable

icky

  • bad
  • disgusting
  • harsh
  • horrible
  • nasty
  • sickening
  • sour
  • ugly
  • unpleasant
  • unpleasing

ignoble

  • common
  • contemptible
  • corrupt
  • cruel
  • despicable
  • detestable
  • dirty
  • dishonorable
  • humble
  • ignominious
  • immoral
  • inferior
  • low
  • low-life
  • lower-class
  • lowly
  • lumpen
  • nasty
  • plebeian
  • poor
  • proletarian
  • sordid
  • unwashed
  • vicious
  • vile
  • vulgar
  • wretched

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