nasty

UK /ˈnɑː.sti/ US /ˈnaː.sti/
adj 5noun 3name 1

Collocations

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(adj.)

VERBS

be, look, smell, sound, taste

The milk smelled nasty, so I poured it down the sink immediately.

become, get, turn

The argument got nasty when they started bringing up old mistakes.

ADV

extremely, particularly, really, very

thoroughly

The food at that restaurant was thoroughly nasty, so we never went back.

pretty, quite, rather

PREP

about

My brother got nasty about the broken bicycle and refused to speak to anyone.

to

My neighbor was being nasty to everyone at the community meeting yesterday.

PHRASES

cheap and nasty

I don't want cheap and nasty furniture in my new apartment.

nasty little

She found a nasty little insect crawling across her kitchen counter this morning.

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