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- [nas-tee]
- /ˈnæs ti/
- /ˈnɑː.sti/
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- [nas-tee]
- /ˈnæs ti/
Definitions of nastier word
- adjective nastier physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room. 1
- adjective nastier offensive to taste or smell; nauseating. 1
- adjective nastier offensive; objectionable: a nasty habit. 1
- adjective nastier vicious, spiteful, or ugly: a nasty dog; a nasty rumor. 1
- adjective nastier bad or hard to deal with, encounter, undergo, etc.; dangerous; serious: a nasty cut; a nasty accident. 1
- adjective nastier very unpleasant or disagreeable: nasty weather. 1
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Origin of nastier
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < ?
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Parts of speech for Nastier
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
nastier popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
nastier usage trend in Literature
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noun nastier
- bad blood — If you say that there is bad blood between people, you mean that they have argued about something and dislike each other.
- feculence — full of dregs or fecal matter; foul, turbid, or muddy.
- filth — offensive or disgusting dirt or refuse; foul matter: the filth dumped into our rivers.
- foul matter — Printing. materials, as manuscript, galleys, or proofs, that have been superseded by revised proofs or galleys or by the bound book, and have been returned to the publisher by the printer.
- hatefulness — arousing hate or deserving to be hated: the hateful oppression of dictators.
Antonyms for nastier
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