English Explanatory Dictionary

nastiness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Lack of cleanliness.
  2. Dirt, filth.
  3. Indecency; corruption; unkindness, meanness, spite, harshness, cruelty.
  4. Unpleasantness, disagreeableness (to the senses).
  5. A nasty action, object, quality, etc. (all senses of nasty).

Word forms

nastiness nastinesses

Etymology

From nasty + -ness.

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