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Dictionary definition for: Nasty

1. (a) 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

2. (s) exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; "a nasty problem" "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation"

3. (s) thoroughly unpleasant; "filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we''re having"

4. (s) characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth" "foul language" "smutty jokes"

5. (s) disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty" "a foul pond" "a nasty pigsty of a room"

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