Bẩn thỉu; dơ dáy; kinh tởm, làm buồn nôn

a nasty smell

mùi kinh tởm

a nasty taste

vị buồn nôn

Tục tĩu, thô tục; xấu xa, ô trọc; dâm ô

a nasty book

sách khiêu dâm

nasty stories

chuyện dâm ô

Xấu, khó chịu, làm bực mình

nasty weather

thời tiết khó chịu

a nasty bit of road

một quãng đường xấu

Cáu kỉnh, giận dữ; ác; hiểm

a nasty temper

tính tình cáu kỉnh

a nasty remark

một lời nhận xét ác độc

to play a nasty trick

chơi một vố ác

a nasty look

cái nhìn ác hiểm

a nasty sea

biển hung dữ, biển động mạnh

nasty illness

bệnh nặng, bệnh hiểm nghèo

A nasty one

Điều khó chịu; điều làm bực mình; vố ác, vố điếng người

to leave a nasty taste in the mouth

để lại dư vị cay đắng, để lại ấn tượng không mấy hay ho

a nasty piece of work

người khó gây cảm tình

Adj.

Foul, filthy, dirty, unclean, offensive, disgusting,nauseating, revolting, horrible, loathsome, repugnant,repellent, vile, odious, obnoxious, objectionable, nauseous,sickening, vomit-provoking, fetid or foetid, noisome, mephitic,rank, malodorous, rancid, noxious: The nasty stench of rottingvegetation assailed our nostrils.

Unpleasant, disagreeable,unsavoury, painful, objectionable, annoying, untoward, awkward,difficult, bad, serious: Lord Petherbridge had some very nastyexperiences in the war.

Obscene, dirty, pornographic, blue,smutty, lewd, vulgar, sordid, indecent, licentious, gross,coarse, crude, rude, ribald, bawdy, risqu‚, off colour,suggestive, Colloq X-rated, raunchy: The shops are selling somerather nasty videos that I don't want the children to watch. 4unpleasant, disagreeable, ugly, bad-tempered, vicious, currish,surly, abusive, spiteful, irascible, ill-natured, ill-tempered,cruel, inconsiderate, rude, churlish, obnoxious, crotchety,curmudgeonly, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, US and Canadianmean: Why is your father so nasty to everyone who wants to goout with you? 5 bad, severe, acute, painful, serious; dangerous,critical: I got a nasty shock when I opened the cupboard door.That's a nasty wound you have there.

Adj.

(nastier, nastiest) 1 a highly unpleasant (a nastyexperience). b annoying; objectionable (the car has a nastyhabit of breaking down).

Difficult to negotiate; dangerous,serious (a nasty fence; a nasty question; a nasty illness).

(of a person or animal) ill-natured, ill-tempered, spiteful;violent, offensive (nasty to his mother; turns nasty when hesdrunk).

(of the weather) foul, wet, stormy.

A disgustinglydirty, filthy. b unpalatable; disagreeable (nasty smell). c(of a wound) septic.

A obscene. b delighting in obscenity.

Anawkward question.

A disabling blow etc.

Nastily adv.nastiness n. [ME: orig. unkn.]