nastiness
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
Types & categories
- unsanitariness hypernym
Related & opposite
- filthy derivation
Sense 2 noun
malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
Types & categories
- malevolency hypernym
Related & opposite
- spite derivation
- despiteful derivation
- catty derivation
- smutty derivation
- nasty derivation
Sense 3 noun
the quality of being unpleasant
I flinched at the nastiness of his wound
Types & categories
- unpleasantness hypernym
- beastliness hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | filthy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unsanitariness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spite |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | despiteful |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | catty |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | smutty |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nasty |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | malevolency |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | niceness |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | nasty |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | nasty |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | unpleasantness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | beastliness |