Nasty (adjective)
Dirty, filthy. from 14th c.
Nasty (adjective)
Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person). from 15th c.
Nasty (adjective)
Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive. from 16th c.
Nasty (adjective)
Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd. from 17th c.
Nasty (adjective)
Spiteful, unkind. from 19th c.
Nasty (adjective)
Awkward, difficult to navigate; dangerous. from 19th c.
Nasty (adjective)
Grave or dangerous (of an accident, illness etc.). from 19th c.
Nasty (adjective)
Formidable, terrific; wicked. from 20th c.
Nasty (noun)
Something nasty.
“Processed foods are full of aspartame and other nasties.”
“This video game involves flying through a maze zapping various nasties.”
Nasty (noun)
Sexual intercourse.
Gross (adjective)
Disgusting, nasty.
Gross (adjective)
Coarse, rude, vulgar, obscene, or impure.
Gross (adjective)
Coarse, unrefined.
Gross (adjective)
Great, large, bulky, or fat.
Gross (adjective)
Great, serious, flagrant, or shameful.
“a gross mistake;”
“gross injustice;”
“gross negligence”
Gross (adjective)
The whole amount; entire; total before any deductions.
“gross domestic product”
Gross (adjective)
Not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.
Gross (adjective)
Seen without a microscope, macroscopic, usually for a tissue or an organ.
Gross (noun)
Twelve dozen = 144.
Gross (noun)
The total nominal earnings or amount, before taxes, expenses, exceptions or similar are deducted. That which remains after all deductions is called net.
Gross (noun)
The bulk, the mass, the masses.
Gross (verb)
To earn money, not including expenses.
“The movie grossed three million on the first weekend.”
Nasty (adjective)
very bad or unpleasant
“plastic bags burn with a nasty, acrid smell”
“dad’s had a nasty accident”
Nasty (adjective)
(of the weather) unpleasantly cold or wet
“it’s a nasty old night”
Nasty (adjective)
repugnant to the mind
“her stories are very nasty, full of murder and violence”
Nasty (adjective)
behaving in an unpleasant or spiteful way
“Harry was a nasty, foul-mouthed old devil”
Nasty (adjective)
annoying or unwelcome
“life has a nasty habit of repeating itself”
Nasty (adjective)
damaging or harmful
“a nasty, vicious-looking hatchet”
Nasty (noun)
an unpleasant or harmful person or thing
“a water conditioner to neutralize chlorine and other nasties”
Nasty (noun)
a horror video or film.