Wondering how to use Nasty in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as dirty or filthy.
Nasty meaning
- Dirty, filthy.
- Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person).
- Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive.
Synonyms of Nasty
Using Nasty
- The main meaning on this page is: Dirty, filthy. | Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person). | Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive.
- Useful related words include: dirty, filthy, foul, smutty.
- In the example corpus, nasty often appears in combinations such as: of nasty, nasty and, the nasty.
Context around Nasty
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nasty
- In this selection, "nasty" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, writing, say, pretty, piece, things and stuff stand out and add context to how "nasty" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a nasty nasty temptress and a pretty nasty leg fracture. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nasty" sits close to words such as anglo, downing and expenditure, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nasty
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He continued, "Surge is kind of a nasty, nasty temptress. (10 words)
Another user commented, "He could have spit to the side that's nasty! (13 words)
About a week ago, Annie had a pretty nasty leg fracture after a freak accident. (15 words)
Unfortunately, this often fails to understand that the nasty stuff Trump does to distract us from other nasty stuff is incredibly dangerous on its own terms, and can't just be shrugged off as a pure or content-free distraction. (40 words)
File photo: A protester holds a placard reading "no nasty whores, just nasty laws" during a demonstration called by sex workers on the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers in Paris on December 17, 2020. (37 words)
Most of this is done by trolls which are either people writing nasty things to get a kick, or it could even be fake accounts ran by trollbots, which automatically say nasty and negative things. (35 words)
Another user commented, "He could have spit to the side that's nasty! (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
He continued, "Surge is kind of a nasty, nasty temptress.
She can be a nasty piece of work – but she’s my nasty piece of work and I love her more than I love sin itself.
And I said, ‘Well, I didn’t know she was nasty,' I wasn’t referring to she’s nasty.
File photo: A protester holds a placard reading "no nasty whores, just nasty laws" during a demonstration called by sex workers on the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers in Paris on December 17, 2020.
Most of this is done by trolls which are either people writing nasty things to get a kick, or it could even be fake accounts ran by trollbots, which automatically say nasty and negative things.
Unfortunately, this often fails to understand that the nasty stuff Trump does to distract us from other nasty stuff is incredibly dangerous on its own terms, and can't just be shrugged off as a pure or content-free distraction.
Describing her misery, she wrote to Teskova "In Paris, with rare personal exceptions, everyone hates me, they write all sorts of nasty things, leave me out in all sorts of nasty ways, and so on".
Kerekes (2000) The film was called the "number one nasty" in a nod to its status as both a nasty and the year's best-selling video release.
About a week ago, Annie had a pretty nasty leg fracture after a freak accident.
A 'dangerous' drug-dealing teen who was part of a nasty knifepoint robbery in a park has been jailed.
Amid scathing attacks on Kate, royal experts have hit out at Scobie, claiming he's 'nasty' for writing such details, and suggested he may be trying to 'squeeze up to Harry and Meghan'.
And things took a nasty turn during a recent dinner party at the poster’s house.
Another user commented, "He could have spit to the side that's nasty!
A road was closed after what witnesses described as a 'nasty pile-up' happened in Penhill.
As Weckstein explains it, there were virtually no falcons or hawks in Philadelphia a few decades ago thanks to DDT, that nasty insecticide that caused so many problems in the world.
At an Usher funeral, many of the mothers are seen sitting together, and later give Roderick some nasty looks.
At other times, it is because Traditionalists are particularly mean or nasty people, as evidenced by the antics of some on the internet.
At the end of Season 2, we saw ‘Nate the Great’ Shelley take on a coaching job with West Ham, the club owned by Rebecca’s nasty ex-husband.
A woman escaped with minor injuries after what has been described as a ‘nasty smash’ on the northbound A1(M) just after noon today.
Battle-scarred Hibs striker Christian Doidge is likely to be fit for Saturday’s home game against St Johnstone – despite needing stitches on a nasty-looking facial injury sustained at Rugby Park.
Common combinations with nasty
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: