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Meanings of nasty in English
Synonyms
Examples for "foul"
Examples for "foul"
1
Otherwise it could fall foul of fair trade and state aid rules.
2
He played 35 minutes Friday night despite a stretch in foul trouble.
3
Senior guard Devonte' Graham added 16 points while dealing with foul trouble.
4
Police said there was no sign of forced entry or foul play.
5
However, the Phoenix police say there were no signs of foul play.
1
He turned on Mrs. Pennycook-heshook a smutty finger under her nose.
2
The priest didn't read it out, however, because it was too smutty.
3
The posts are often unnerving and smutty, but also fraternal and strangely heartwarming.
4
In 1972 came My Ding-A-Ling, a smutty song wholly lacking Berry's usual artistry.
5
He placed a smutty hand on the table and leaned down.
1
Take some cruddy work to keep the lights on-divorcesand so on.
2
Though I do think you have a cruddy attitude about all this.
3
Definitely there were fewer queues, cruddy tasks, trips by public transport.
4
To clarify, it's just another cruddy ring from the sponsorship jeweller.
5
He rents out a cruddy little storage unit and stacks some camping gear inside.
Usage of nasty in English
1
It is a nasty job; better not be mixed up in it.
2
For the moment I suffered from a nasty crick in the conscience.
3
I don't for a minute believe in their nice cop-nasty cop routine.
4
I remember one day in the hunting-field he got a nasty fall.
5
The paper felt in his hand like bad news or something nasty.
6
To put a stop to all the nasty gossip of the beach.
7
He stood there looking at me and smiling in his nasty way.
8
And homes in some areas have been inundated by the nasty-smelling insects.
9
It irritated them, that nasty taste of burnt rags in their mouths.
10
A cattle stampede is a nasty thing to get in front of.
11
The sleigh gave a nasty slew on the icy road, and upset.
12
A nasty time of it had the Labour Candidates on this occasion.
13
They could not possibly enter the dairy because it smells so nasty.
14
One is lowdown and contemptible and nasty, and the other is expedient.
15
After a time he woke up, and woke in a nasty temper.
16
So he came down at once and was very nasty about it.
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Nasty through the time
Nasty across language varieties
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
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