What does nastiness mean?
Definitions for nastiness
nas·ti·ness
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word nastiness.
Princeton's WordNet
filth, filthiness, foulness, nastinessnoun
a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness, nastinessnoun
malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
nastinessnoun
the quality of being unpleasant
"I flinched at the nastiness of his wound"
Wiktionary
nastinessnoun
a lack of cleanliness
nastinessnoun
indecency or corruption
nastinessnoun
an unpleasant or disagreeable action, taste or smell
nastinessnoun
Lack of cleanliness.
They neither comb their Head, nor wash their Face,
nastinessnoun
Dirt, filth.
the hellish Noise, the Roaring, Swearing, and Clamour, the Stench and Nastiness and all the dreadful Crowd of afflicting Things that I saw there, joined together to make the Place seem an Emblem of Hell itself, and a Kind of entrance into it.
nastinessnoun
Indecency; corruption; unkindness, meanness, spite, harshness, cruelty.
Among current novelists, Martin Amis lacks intellectual force but is well supplied with nastiness, which occasionally resembles humor.
nastinessnoun
Unpleasantness, disagreeableness.
Some medical beast had revived Tar-water in those days as a fine medicine, and Mrs. Joe always kept a supply of it in the cupboard; having a belief in its virtues correspondent to its nastiness.
nastinessnoun
A nasty action, object, quality, etc..
If we, who are educated, habitually submit to have copper in our preserves, red-lead in our cayenne, alum in our bread, pigments in our tea, and ineffable nastinesses in our fish-sauce, what can we expect of the poor?
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Nastinessnoun
Etymology: from nasty.
This caused the seditious to remain within their station, which by reason of the nastiness of the beastly multitude, might more fitly be termed a kennel than a camp. John Hayward.
Haughty and huge, as high Dutch bride,
Such nastiness and so much pride
Are oddly join’d by fate, Jonathan Swift.Their nastiness, their dull obscene talk and ribauldry, cannot but be very nauseous and offensive to any who does not baulk his own reason, out of love to their vice. South.
A divine might have employed his pains to better purpose, than in the nastiness of Plautus and Aristophanes. Dry.
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nastiness
Nastiness refers to the quality or state of being very unpleasant, mean, or offensive. This term can encapsulate a range of negative behaviors or attitudes, including cruelty, rudeness, vulgarity, or harmfulness. It can also refer to something that is physically repugnant, dirty, or disgusting.
Webster Dictionary
Nastinessnoun
the quality or state of being nasty; extreme filthness; dirtiness; also, indecency; obscenity
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of nastiness in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of nastiness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of nastiness in a Sentence
I understand those who are outraged at the hypocrisy of this President when he complains about bullying, harassment and nastiness when it's used against him or his allies and he uses it as a regular tool every day, but the President's tactics and behavior should never be emulated. It should be repudiated by organized, well-informed and passionate advocacy.
In that political structure -- all the non-truths, the bullsh * t, the crap, the nastiness, the backhanded backroom stuff that goes on -- I feel like I could not exist, i would not be able to do it. It's not a clean business. It would kill me.
The outpouring and rallying of love by the girls, these cheerleaders, only shows very distinctly that these girls, these cheerleaders were Morgyn's friends, they were inclusive of her and continue to be and they were just as disappointed to see this, they're showing, through their example, the proper way to support and help in situations like this and others are making it worse by their hatred and the nastiness of their comments.
In that political structure - all the non-truths, the bullshit, the crap, the nastiness, the backhanded backroom stuff that goes on - I feel like I could not exist, i would not be able to do it. It's not a clean business. It would kill me.
The socon [social conservative] Bible seems to have had the references to forgiveness and gentleness expunged somewhere along the line, and Jesus has become the Lord of Nastiness rather than the Prince of Peace.”
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- قبحArabic
- odpornostCzech
- ondskabDanish
- GemeinheitGerman
- αθλιότηταGreek
- suciedadSpanish
- nastinessPersian
- nastinessFinnish
- méchancetéFrench
- nastinessHindi
- aljasságHungarian
- nastinessIndonesian
- sporciziaItalian
- נִבזוּתHebrew
- 意地の悪さJapanese
- fitqueLatin
- nastinessDutch
- nastinessNorwegian
- złośliwośćPolish
- nastinessPortuguese
- imoralitateRomanian
- злобностьRussian
- nastinessSwedish
- nastinessTamil
- ความสามหาวThai
- pislikTurkish
- злостивістьUkrainian
- nastiness میںUrdu
- nastinessVietnamese
- נאַסטינעססYiddish
- 污秽Chinese
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