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Meanings of nasty in English
Synonyms
Examples for "malicious"
Examples for "malicious"
1
Cases of malicious damage to property and public violence had been opened.
2
It was impossible to determine whether this question was ingenuous or malicious.
3
They face charges of public violence and malicious damage to state property.
4
The malicious demon concealed in the ink bottle delights in wrecking love.
5
To create a malicious botnet, a hacker must first compromise several computers.
1
He wasn't mean or spiteful, just irresponsible and young for his age.
2
Helen Garner: 'I used to feel spiteful because I never won prizes.
3
I hadn't come this far to bow down to a spiteful machine.
4
Suddenly the top of the carriage replied with spiteful flashes of red.
5
She takes the highest moral ground, in a tone of spiteful politeness.
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 across language varieties
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
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