Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nasty"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Nasty \Nas"ty\, a. [Compar. {Nastier}; superl. {Nastiest}.] [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}.

Usage: 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

nasty
adj 1: offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "in a nasty mood";
"a nasty accident"; "a nasty shock"; "a nasty smell";
"a nasty trick to pull"; "Will he say nasty things at
my funeral?"- Ezra Pound [syn: {awful}] [ant: {nice}]
2: exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; "a nasty
problem"; "a good man to have on your side in a tight
situation" [syn: {tight}]
3: (informal) thoroughly unpleasant; "filthy (or foul or nasty
or vile) weather we're having" [syn: {filthy}, {foul}, {vile}]
4: characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul
language"; "smutty jokes" [syn: {filthy}, {foul}, {smutty}]
5: disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter;
"as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of
a room" [syn: {filthy}, {foul}]


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