[syn: cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness, nastiness]
3. the quality of being unpleasant;
- Example: "I flinched at the nastiness of his wound"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nastiness \Nas"ti*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being nasty; extreme filthness;
dirtiness; also, indecency; obscenity.
[1913 Webster]
The nastiness of Plautus and Aristophanes. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
nastiness
n 1: a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
[syn: filth, filthiness, foulness, nastiness]
2: malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
[syn: cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness,
nastiness]
3: the quality of being unpleasant; "I flinched at the nastiness
of his wound" [ant: niceness]