Synonyms for nastiness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : nas-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈnæs ti

Top 10 synonyms for nastiness

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Définition of nastiness

Origin : c.1400, "foul, filthy, dirty, unclean," of unknown origin; perhaps [Barnhart] from Old French nastre "miserly, envious, malicious, spiteful," shortened form of villenastre "infamous, bad," from vilein "villain" + -astre, pejorative suffix, from Latin -aster.
Alternative etymology [OED] is from Dutch nestig "dirty," literally "like a bird's nest." Likely reinforced in either case by a Scandinavian source (cf. Swedish dialectal naskug "dirty, nasty"), which also might be the source of the Middle English word. Of weather, from 1630s; of things generally, "unpleasant, offensive," from 1705. Of people, "ill-tempered," from 1825. Noun meaning "something nasty" is from 1935. Related: Nastily; nastiness.

noun malevolence

Example sentences :

These pyramids of nastiness are ever to be found within the city.
Extract from : « Perils and Captivity » by Charlotte-Adlade [ne Picard] Dard

But if there is some nastiness there is very little naughtiness in them.
Extract from : « Minor Poets of the Caroline Period, Vol III » by John Cleveland

As she ate what she had begged, she growled, Why am I eating this nastiness?
Extract from : « Curiosities of Olden Times » by S. Baring-Gould

There is a fashion of saying these things, and much other nastiness.
Extract from : « First and Last » by H. Belloc

He has been at pains too great to disguise the fact of its nastiness.
Extract from : « The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920 » by Various

It's the Frenchman's nastiness, it's the Jews', it's Wilhelm's.
Extract from : « Letters of Anton Chekhov » by Anton Chekhov

The thing itself is an exaggeration of nastiness, which cannot be outdone.
Extract from : « American Notes for General Circulation » by Charles Dickens

He laughed aloud and a hint of nastiness was again in the tone.
Extract from : « Bruce of the Circle A » by Harold Titus

Such neurasthenics are shameless in the description of their nastiness.
Extract from : « Essays In Pastoral Medicine » by Austin Malley

The people have no ancestry to boast of; all its nastiness is near the surface.
Extract from : « The Awful Australian » by Valerie Desmond

Antonyms for nastiness

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