| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
| |
nasty |
| |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Heavily soiled; very dirty or unclean: filthy, foul, squalid, vile. See CLEAN. 2. So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation: abhorrent, abominable, antipathetic, contemptible, despicable, despisable, detestable, disgusting, filthy, foul, infamous, loathsome, lousy, low, mean2, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, rotten, shabby, vile, wretched. See GOOD. 3. Having or showing a bad temper: bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, snappy, surly, testy, ugly, waspish. Informal : crabby, mean2. Idioms: out of sorts. See ATTITUDE. 4. Characterized by intense ill will or spite: black, despiteful, evil, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean2, poisonous, spiteful, venomous, vicious, wicked. Slang : bitchy. See ATTITUDE. 5. Offensive to accepted standards of decency: barnyard, bawdy, broad, coarse, dirty, Fescennine, filthy, foul, gross, lewd, obscene, profane, ribald, scatologic, scatological, scurrilous, smutty, vulgar. Slang : raunchy. See DECENT. 6. Extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings: atrocious, disgusting, foul, horrid, nauseating, offensive, repellent, repulsive, revolting, sickening, ugly, unwholesome, vile. See LIKE, PAIN.
| | |
| |
| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
