nastiness
- noun
- /ˈnæs.ti.nəs/
- The constant nastiness in their comments made the discussion very uncomfortable.
I like people to go, we're all capable of horrible nastiness.
- I like people to go, we're all capable of horrible nastiness.
- You know, I enjoyed so much of what I did in politics despite the nastiness.
- And I just saw a different kind of leader then was reflected in the tweets and the nastiness he unleashed on me.
- It led to all sorts of distress, misinformation, nastiness.
- And every so often he sends out this thing about the nastiness of the estate, the estate taxes.
Examples
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All I really wanted to say is that I am really sorry that this nastiness is occurring.
Blog text (10) -
You get a lot of nastiness about foreigners and so on and so forth.
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But then I did not see the level of nastiness I know other friends of mine have seen.
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There was a bit of nastiness last night.
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You want to fight the nastiness and corruption of Bedlam.
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So yeah, Microsoft is evil, and the pattern of general nastiness persists to this very day.
Blog text (11) -
The nastiness that has been running rampant is disgusting, and you shouldn't need to deal with it.
Blog text (10) -
It was one of those dialogues of panic and nastiness, inevitability and choice.
Fiction book (1997) -
However, I don't necessarily respect the opinions of others, especially when they spew ignorance, stupidity, or nastiness.
Blog text (16) -
He could not ignore the nastiness that arose during the heated argument.
Synonyms
A lack of good taste and politeness in speech or behavior
A feeling of discomfort or dislike
Being unkind on purpose to other people
A very unpleasant quality that makes people feel bad
Very severe or unkind treatment that causes harm
Very bad and morally wrong behavior
Rudeness or crude behavior that shows little politeness
A quality that makes people feel hurt or angry
Being very rude and annoying to other people
Mean words or actions that hurt other people
Saying small mean things to hurt someone in a quiet way
A very unpleasant, shocking state that causes fear or disgust
How gross or unpleasant something is
A strong feeling that something is very unpleasant or disgusting
A harsh, rude manner or tone that offends people
Rude behavior that shows you think you are better than others
Cruel or very mean behavior towards other people
A harsh, unkind way of speaking or acting
A behavior that people find morally wrong or offensive
A state that makes people feel offended or dislike something
A quality of being very unpleasant and causing strong dislike
Something that causes strong disgust or makes people feel offended
A strong unpleasant smell or other harmful quality in a place
A sharp, bitter way of speaking that hurts people
A harsh tone in speech or writing that hurts people
Very rude words or actions that hurt people
Showing strong dislike and no respect for a person or thing
Being unpleasant or offensive and making people feel dislike
Antonyms
How Offensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nastiness comes from the adjective nasty (meaning 'very unpleasant or offensive') plus the ending -ness, which turns an adjective into a noun, as in happiness. So nastiness can mean the quality of being unpleasant or offensive.