Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nastiness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nastiness \Nas"ti*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being nasty; extreme filthness;
dirtiness; also, indecency; obscenity.
The nastiness of Plautus and Aristophanes. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nastiness
n 1: a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
[syn: {filth}, {filthiness}, {foulness}]
2: malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or
nasty [syn: {cattiness}, {bitchiness}, {spite}, {spitefulness}]
3: the quality of being unpleasant; "I flinched at the
nastiness of his wound" [ant: {niceness}]
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