Nastiness

Pronunciation: /ˈnæstiːnəs/

Nastiness (noun)

  1. the quality of being unkind or unpleasant to others
  2. a state of being dirty or unpleasant
  3. an unpleasant or difficult situation

Examples

  • The nastiness in his words hurt everyone.
  • She couldn't ignore the nastiness of their comments.

Common collocations: show nastiness, full of nastiness, remove nastiness, covered in nastiness, avoid nastiness

Synonyms of Nastiness

Formal

Neutral

Informal

Antonyms of Nastiness

  • describing a positive or agreeable state