nasty
Example Sentences
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Magistrate Mark Nieman told Taylor he was "a man who can be charming and pleasant, but you can be nasty and violent".
From BBC
It was just, this was her first actual day on the job, and Monique had been nasty from the very start.
From Literature
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He sat and stared at his daughter, and Alex knew there was nothing she could say that was half as nasty as what he was saying to himself.
From Literature
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But if I end up with a nasty tax bill next year, that intern’s fired.
From MarketWatch
Rebecca Black’s “Friday” didn’t invent being nasty online.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.