noun
Meaning 1
Lack of cleanliness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
nastiness
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noun
Meaning 2
Dirt, filth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Indecency; corruption; unkindness, meanness, spite, harshness, cruelty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Unpleasantness, disagreeableness (to the senses).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A nasty action, object, quality, etc. (all senses of nasty).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 6
the quality of being unpleasant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I flinched at the nastiness of his wound
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: niceness
Broader terms: unpleasantness
Narrower terms: beastliness
noun
Meaning 7
malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: malevolence, malevolency, malice
noun
Meaning 8
a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: filth, filthiness, foulness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unsanitariness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English nasty Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English nastiness From nasty + -ness.