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adjective

1. Heavily soiled; very dirty or unclean: filthy, foul, squalid, vile. See clean/dirty.
2. Extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings: atrocious, disgusting, foul, horrid, nauseating, offensive, repellent, repulsive, revolting, sickening, ugly, unwholesome, vile. See like/dislike, pain/pleasure.
3. Offensive to accepted standards of decency: barnyard, bawdy, broad, coarse, dirty, Fescennine, filthy, foul, gross, lewd, obscene, profane, ribald, scatologic, scatological, scurrilous, smutty, vulgar. Slang raunchy. See decent/indecent.
4. Characterized by intense ill will or spite: black, despiteful, evil, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean², poisonous, spiteful, venomous, vicious, wicked. Slang bitchy. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.
5. Having or showing a bad temper: bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, snappy, surly, testy, ugly, waspish. Informal crabby, mean². Idioms: out of sorts. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.
6. So objectionable as to elicit despisal or deserve condemnation: abhorrent, abominable, antipathetic, contemptible, despicable, despisable, detestable, disgusting, filthy, foul, infamous, loathsome, lousy, low, mean², nefarious, obnoxious, odious, repugnant, rotten, shabby, vile, wretched. See good/bad.

adj

Definition: bad-tempered, mean
Antonyms: agreeable, delightful, friendly], happy, kind, lovely, nice, pleasant

adj

Definition: disgusting, offensive
Antonyms: charming, clean, decent, great, magnificent, moral, nice, pleasing, wonderful

adj

Definition: injurious, dangerous
Antonyms: aiding, assisting, helpful, helping, safe

IN BRIEF: Unpleasant.

I have no use for adventures. They're nasty disturbing things that make you late for dinner. — Theodore Bilbo

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something nasty in the woodshed a traumatic experience or concealed unpleasantness in a person's background. (1959 —) .

[From the passage 'When you were very small...you had seen something nasty in the woodshed' in Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort (Farm (1932)).]

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• Cold, Unfriendly, Irritable, or Cruel

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - led, modbydelig, væmmelig, grim, uanstændig
n. - afskyelig person

idioms:

• nasty bit of work    ubehagelig eller foragtelig person
• nasty piece of work    ubehagelig eller foragtelig person

Nederlands (Dutch)
vies, onaangenaam, gemeen, lastig, obsceen, hatelijk, hevig, nadelig, guur

Français (French)
adj. - horrible, désagréable, mauvais, méchant, inquiétant, gros (une tache), vilain, affreux, dangereux, sale (affaire), vilain (tour), sale (type), méchant (des commérages), vilain (une entaille), grave (un accident), mauvais (une grippe), affreux (une couleur, une forme), difficile (une question), dangereux (un tournant)
n. - mauvais, méchant, saleté

idioms:

• nasty bit of work    un sale type
• nasty piece of work    (être) un sale type

Deutsch (German)
adj. - übel, unangenehm, ekelhaft, gehässig
n. - unangenehmes Subjekt

idioms:

• nasty bit of work    (ugs.) fieser Kerl
• nasty piece of work    gemeiner Hund

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (άκρως) δυσάρεστος, βρόμικος, δύσκολος, επικίνδυνος, φοβερός, αηδιαστικός, μοχθηρός, δυσάρεστος, κακός, κακεντρεχής, κακόβουλος ή μοχθηρός
n. - κακοποιό στοιχείο, βιντεοταινία τρόμου και φρίκης

idioms:

• nasty bit of work    βρομοδουλειά, κάθαρμα, παλιάνθρωπος
• nasty piece of work    βρομοδουλειά, κάθαρμα, παλιάνθρωπος

Italiano (Italian)
sgradevole, offensivo

idioms:

• nasty bit of work    brutto individuo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sórdido, desagradável, indecente, odioso, grave
n. - coisa ou pessoa (f) desagradável

idioms:

• nasty bit of work    parte dura do trabalho

Русский (Russian)
противный, гадкий, угрожающий

idioms:

• nasty bit of work    мерзавец, мерзкое действие

Español (Spanish)
adj. - repugnante, repulsivo, asqueroso, malévolo, antipático, peligroso
n. - repugnante, repulsivo, asqueroso, malévolo, antipático, peligroso

idioms:

• nasty bit of work    un asco, tipo desagradable
• nasty piece of work    tipo desagradable, tarea despreciable, un trabajo repugnante, tarea ingrata

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - otäck, äcklig, otrevlig, elak, oanständig, besvärlig, kinkig, tarvlig
n. - otäcking, stygging, otäckhet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
污秽的, 险恶的, 下流的, 讨厌的人, 令人不快的事物

idioms:

• nasty bit of work    麻烦的工作
• nasty piece of work    讨厌的家伙

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 污穢的, 險惡的, 下流的
n. - 討厭的人, 令人不快的事物

idioms:

• nasty bit of work    麻煩的工作
• nasty piece of work    討厭的傢伙

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 불쾌한, 험악한, 비열한
n. - (비디오로 제작된)공포영화

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 不快な, 汚い, 意地悪な, 淫らな, ひどい, 厄介な, 不愉快な

idioms:

• a nasty piece of work    行状のあやしい人, 悪巧み
• nasty bit of work    よくない仕事

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بشع, مقرف, فاحش, مؤذ, شرير (الاسم) الشيء البشع, المقرف او المؤذي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נבזי, רע, מרושע, מגעיל, מטונף, מכוער, מסוכן, מאיים‬
n. - ‮אדם נבזה/שפל, סרט וידיאו של אימה או פורנוגרפיה‬

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