nasty
adjective
physically filthy; disgustingly unclean.
nastiness
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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
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
So it was really important to find those moments of nastiness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
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
While Nicole was in surgery and Dave Bendix at the police station, I was home in my dumpy little bedroom, doing my thing, remotely scanning cruel people’s phones and computers, looking for nastiness to leak.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
