nasty

adjective

1)

a nasty smell

Syn:

unpleasant, disagreeable, disgusting, distasteful, awful, dreadful, horrible, terrible, vile, foul, abominable, frightful, loathsome, revolting, repulsive, odious, sickening, nauseating, repellent, repugnant, horrendous, appalling, atrocious, offensive, objectionable, obnoxious, unsavory, unappetizing, off-putting; noxious, foul-smelling, smelly, stinking, rank, fetid, malodorous, mephitic; informal ghastly, horrid, gruesome, diabolical, yucky, skanky, godawful, gross, beastly, lousy, funky; literary miasmal, noisome

Ant:

pleasant, delightful

2)

the weather turned nasty

Syn:

unpleasant, disagreeable, foul, filthy, inclement; wet, stormy, cold, blustery, blizzardy

Ant:

sunny, pleasant

3)

she can be really nasty

Syn:

unkind, unpleasant, unfriendly, disagreeable, rude, churlish, spiteful, malicious, mean, ill-tempered, ill-natured, vicious, malevolent, obnoxious, hateful, hurtful; informal bitchy, catty

Ant:

nice, charming

4)

a nasty accident

a nasty cut

Syn:

serious, dangerous, bad, awful, dreadful, terrible, severe; painful, ugly

Ant:

minor, slight

5)

she had the nasty habit of appearing unannounced

Syn:

annoying, irritating, infuriating, disagreeable, unpleasant, maddening, exasperating

6)

they wrote nasty things on the wall

Syn:

obscene, indecent, offensive, crude, rude, dirty, filthy, vulgar, foul, gross, disgusting, pornographic, smutty, lewd; informal sick, X-rated

Ant:

polite, decent