nastiness
- a word derived from nasty.
Example Sentences
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“The Black Spot,” which Fuchs and Kane co-wrote, displays the fruit of Derry’s bigotry in all its nastiness, a harvest so ripe and bountiful that Pennywise feasts to satiety.
From Salon • Dec. 8, 2025
With this year’s Academy Awards just weeks away, we take a look at notable controversies of the past, some of which perhaps deserve their own statuettes for spite and nastiness: putting the tin in Tinseltown.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025
Speaking to Nick Robinson's Political Thinking podcast, she argued "the level of abuse and nastiness" in political debate was "worse than ever".
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2025
Coulam comes across as part Logan Roy, part Joe Exotic — cruel, charismatic, driven and able to inspire fealty even as he dispenses bitter nastiness.
From New York Times • May 30, 2024
And she leached the walls of a brown shiny nastiness deposited by cooking fat and kerosene lamps.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
