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Meanings of nastiness in English

Catalan
rancor
Spanish
rencor

Malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty.

        rancor

        A state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse.

              The quality of being unpleasant.

                    Usage of nastiness in English
                    1
                    Is THAT a problem? Most public figures would have ignored the nastiness.
                    NY Magazine
                    2
                    Then there's the manic nastiness of so many of his animal creations.
                    The Irish Times
                    3
                    He smiled at me, with not quite enough nastiness to pin down.
                    Nothing in her way
                    4
                    In my case, the nastiness hit, and rebounded, without making any impression.
                    Recollections of My Childhood and Youth
                    5
                    It's not the first instance of nastiness directed at contestants this season.
                    News.com.au
                    6
                    These pyramids of nastiness are ever to be found within the city.
                    Perils and Captivity / Comprising The sufferings of the Picard f...
                    7
                    The thing itself is an exaggeration of nastiness, which cannot be outdone.
                    American Notes
                    8
                    There was no nastiness, and no beastliness, and no drunkenness about it.
                    The American Senator
                    9
                    There is a fashion of saying these things, and much other nastiness.
                    First and Last
                    10
                    Not to neglect decency or cleanliness, for fear of falling into nastiness.
                    Irish Wit and Humor / Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Lea...
                    11
                    Wigg, at whom the tirade was directed, seemed unaffected by its nastiness.
                    Think of a number
                    12
                    I suppose he won't insist on leaving any of his nastiness about.
                    He Knew He Was Right
                    13
                    Certainly Pew could use it to send all kinds of nastiness my way.
                    Nightingale's lament
                    14
                    He said: There's not a tremendous amount of nastiness in me.
                    The Guardian
                    15
                    I'm sure you learned that nastiness when Laura Bush said goodbye to you.
                    News.com.au
                    16
                    But the other half is taken out in stench and nastiness.
                    North America — Volume 2
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