Synonyms for nastiness
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
Lack of cleanliness.
- n. 2
Dirt, filth.
Forms
- Plural
- nastinesses → filths, squalors, filthinesses, obscenities…
Example sentences
- filth Everything was coated in a layer of filth.
- obscenity The present day has been marked by obscenity.
- squalor The squalor of the slums is not for the faint hearted.
- spite He will not change his mind in spite of my advice.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| nastiness | rising | |
| filth | rising | |
| obscenity | falling | |
| squalor | steady | |
| filthiness | rising | |
| spite | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- smut1
- 5 letters
- spite1, filth1
- 7 letters
- squalor2
- 8 letters
- impurity4, lewdness, foulness2, ribaldry3
- 9 letters
- obscenity4, cattiness
- 10 letters
- bitchiness3, filthiness, cussedness
- 12 letters
- spitefulness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (squalor2 = 2 syllables).