nastiness.
Lack of cleanliness.
Meaning & usage
Lack of cleanliness.
Dirt, filth.
Indecency; corruption; unkindness, meanness, spite, harshness, cruelty.
Unpleasantness, disagreeableness (to the senses).
A nasty action, object, quality, etc. (all senses of nasty).
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English nasty Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English nastiness From nasty + -ness.
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