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nastify

/ˈnæstɪfaɪ/

nastify verb: to make nasty; to soil, dirty, or mess up.

Verb

nastify (third-person singular simple present nastifies, present participle nastifying, simple past and past participle nastified)

  1. (informal) To make nasty; to soil, dirty, or mess up.
    • The spoiled food would soon nastify the entire refrigerator if not thrown out.
    • Her bitter comment nastified the entire conversation.

Forms of nastify

third-person singular presentnastifies
present participlenastifying
past participlenastified
pastnastified

Origin of nastify

From nasty + -fy. First attested in the 1870s.

Questions about nastify

What does nastify mean?
Nastify means to make nasty; to soil, dirty, or mess up.
What part of speech is nastify?
Nastify is a verb.
How do you pronounce nastify?
Nastify is pronounced /ˈnæstɪfaɪ/.
What is the past tense of nastify?
The past tense of nastify is nastified.

Words near nastify in the dictionary

  1. Nastia
  2. nastic
  3. nastier
  4. nasties
  5. nastiest
  6. nastify
  7. nastika
  8. nastily
  9. nastin
  10. nastiness
  11. nastinesses

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