Category:Nasty

Nas"ty, a. [compar. Nastier (superl. Nastiest.] Etym: [for older Nasky; cf. dial. Sw. naskug, nasket.]

1. Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; Nauseous.

2. Hence, loosely: offensive; disagreeable; unpropitious; wet; Drizzling; as, a nasty rain, day, sky.

3. Characterized by obcenity; indecent; indelicate; gross; filthy.

Syn. -- nasty, filthy, foul, dirty. Anything nasty is usually wet or damp As well as filthy or dirty, and disgusts by its stickness or odor; But filthy and foul imply that a thing is filled or covered with Offensive matter, while dirty describes it as defiled or sullied with Dirt of any kind; as, filthy clothing, foul vapors, etc.