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How to use nasty in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun, verb

Nasty means dirty, filthy. Example: “Processed foods are full of aspartame and other nasties.”

Examples of nasty by meaning

adjectiveDirty, filthy.

  • They say my hair's nappy and my clothes are nasty.2006, Marie Fontaine, The Chronicles of my Ghetto Street Volume One, page 156

adjectiveIndecent or offensive; obscene, lewd.

  • Tallboy said he had a nasty mind.1933, Dorothy L Sayers, Murder Must Advertise
  • We want the good girl who's nasty in bed.2009, Okera H, Be Your Priority, Not His Option, Mill City Press, published 2009, page 45

adjectiveSpiteful, unkind.

  • I don't know how people expect to send a nasty comment and not get blocked."2012 June 3, The Guardian

adjectiveAwkward, difficult to navigate; dangerous.

  • There was a nasty period during the First World War when the family's allegiance was called into question - not least because one of the Schroders had been made a baron by the Kaiser.2007 August 5, The Observer

adjectiveGrave or dangerous (of an accident, illness etc.).

  • Moving into the middle ages, William the Conqueror managed to rout the English and rule the country, then see off numerous plots and assassination attempts, before his horse did for him in a nasty fall, killing him at 60.2012 March 2, James Ball, The Guardian

adjectiveFormidable, terrific; wicked.

  • "They say you doing some real nasty shit in the NBA, but on the mic you a little too competitive.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 15

nounSomething nasty.

  • Processed foods are full of aspartame and other nasties.
  • This video game involves flying through a maze zapping various nasties.
  • I also urge the regular visual examination of the rectum (anoscopy) for people who engage in rectal sex, for the early detection of rectal warts, hemorrhoids, fissures — all those rectal nasties.1981 August 1, Ron Vachon, “To Your Health”, in Gay Community News, page 13

nounA video nasty.

  • In this way, it is hoped that the nasties will be dealt with, and the remainder regularized.1984, ThirdWay, volume 7, number 5, page 17
  • Jones evokes the nasties discursively to brand the Splat Pack as 'authentic outlaws'.2014, mark Bernard, Selling the Splat Pack: The DVD Revolution and the American Horror Film

More sentences with nasty

  • Sorry, I can’t come to work today—I’ve got a nasty cough.From the entry cough
  • We hit a nasty shear on approach and had to go around.From the entry shear
  • Billy-Bob is a nasty old crank! He chased my cat away.From the entry crank
  • Honey, have you tucked today? We don't wanna see anything nasty down there.From the entry tuck
  • It was nasty, y’all. She just burked all over my sedan.From the entry burk
  • The skateboarder had a nasty wipeout as she came off the ramp.From the entry wipeout
  • If you go into the forest, you'll come in for a nasty surprise.From the entry come in for
  • There now! Let's dry our eyes and forget all about that nasty boy!From the entry there now
  • Eww, your hand looks nasty with that coke nail you got going on there.From the entry coke nail
  • Zersky is still down after that nasty hack by Lenner.From the entry hack
  • You'll hit some nasty thunderstorms if you descend too late.From the entry hit
  • Look at this nasty hornet sting: it's turned blue!From the entry sting
  • This poor little puppy got a nasty snake bite.From the entry poor
  • The car had a nasty kick the whole way.From the entry kick
  • When I asked him for the money, he turned nasty.From the entry turn
  • I painted out that nasty mark on the wall.From the entry out
  • He distances himself from people with his nasty, sardonic laughter.From the entry sardonic
  • Your kid said nasty swear words to me this morning.From the entry swear word
  • Don't come too close; I've got this nasty complaint.From the entry complaint
  • Jones struck out on a nasty slider.From the entry strike out
  • The pitcher struck out Jones with a nasty slider.From the entry strike out
  • He has a nasty back door slider.From the entry back door
  • I really like Jarritos' agua de jamaica because they make it with real sugar and the home made agua is nasty.From the entry agua de jamaica
  • The UK economy is suffering a nasty bout of stagflation and the prospects appear poor.2023 June 17, Chris Giles, Delphine Strauss, “Britain’s economic malaise”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry stagflation
  • History suggests that this hunt for the wielder of the treacherous dagger will only get nastier.2023 May 19, Jonathan Freedland, “They’re openly saying it: Brexit has failed. But what comes next may be very dark indeed”, in The…. From the entry stab-in-the-back myth
  • She has these nasty knots that I keep trying to gently work out, but I can't.2023 March 13, u/hiiiiiiiiiiyaaaaaaaa, “Can't brush her hair”, in r/toddlers, Reddit. From the entry twonager
  • It's not every day you see a labelscar as nasty as that one left by Old Navy.2019 July 3, The Gone-Ton (@gone_ton), Twitter. From the entry labelscar
  • Despite his best efforts, two or three of the nasty, screeching things got close.2015 March 10, C.T. Adams, The Exile: Book One of the Fae, Tor Books, →ISBN, page 93. From the entry doxy

Meaning of nasty

  1. adjective Dirty, filthy.
  2. adjective Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person).
  3. adjective Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive.

Full definition of nasty

Questions about nasty in a sentence

How do you use nasty in a sentence?
Nasty is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “Processed foods are full of aspartame and other nasties.”
What is a short sentence with nasty?
“He has a nasty back door slider.”
What does nasty mean?
Nasty means dirty, filthy.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nasty (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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