nasty has definitions from the field of sexuality
1
[ adjective ] offensive or even (of persons) malicious

Synonyms

awful

Examples

"in a nasty mood" "a nasty accident" "a nasty shock" "a nasty smell" "a nasty trick to pull" "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound

Used in print

(John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)

She gave the nastiest laugh I ever heard .

(James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)

`` What a nasty fall was there '' !

2
[ adjective ] (sexuality) characterized by obscenity

Synonyms

foul smutty filthy

Examples

"had a filthy mouth" "foul language" "smutty jokes"

Related terms

dirty

3
[ adjective ] exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent

Synonyms

tight

Examples

"a nasty problem" "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation"

Related terms

difficult

4
[ adjective ] (informal) thoroughly unpleasant

Synonyms

vile foul filthy

Examples

"filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we're having"

Related terms

colloquialism inclement

5
[ adjective ] disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter

Synonyms

filthy foul

Examples

"as filthy as a pigsty" "a foul pond" "a nasty pigsty of a room"

Related terms

dirty

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