Synonyms for nasty
- adjective
Most common
disgusting filthy unpleasant unclean tight awful gnarly vinegary
Definitions
- adj. 1
Spiteful, unkind.
Related words
- Word family
- nastily nastiness
- Phrases
- cheap and nasty do the nasty bag nasty cut up nasty purple nasty
Example sentences
- disgusting What's the most disgusting food you've ever eaten?
- filthy Every seat was so filthy, I stood the whole way.
- unpleasant He spoke about the unpleasant story for two hours.
- unclean What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean.
- tight These shoes are so tight that I can't put them on.
- awful I think it's awful, that they're spreading rumors.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| nasty | rising | |
| disgusting | rising | |
| filthy | rising | |
| unpleasant | rising | |
| unclean | rising | |
| tight | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1
- 4 letters
- mean1, foul1
- 5 letters
- tight1, dirty2, gross1, awful2, cruel2, lousy2, yucky2
- 6 letters
- brutal2, filthy2, rotten2, gnarly2, smutty2
- 7 letters
- hateful2, obscene2, unclean2, beastly2
- 8 letters
- spiteful2, vinegary
- 9 letters
- difficult3, obnoxious3, loathsome2
- 10 letters
- disgusting3, unpleasant3, vindictive3
- 13 letters
- unpleasurable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dirty2 = 2 syllables).