NASTY


Meaning of NASTY in English

I.

noun

Nasty is used after these nouns: ↑ video

II.

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , look , smell , sound , taste

He made it all sound very ~.

▪ become , get , turn

Things could turn ~ (= dangerous) if we're not careful.

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ particularly , thoroughly ( esp. BrE )

He's a thoroughly ~ piece of work ( = a nasty person ). ( BrE )

PREPOSITION

▪ about

She was ~ about everyone.

▪ to

Kevin seems to enjoy being ~ to his sisters.

PHRASES

▪ cheap and ~ ( BrE )

a room full of cheap and ~ ornaments

▪ ~ little

a ~ little man

Nasty is used with these nouns: ↑ accident , ↑ attack , ↑ bang , ↑ bite , ↑ blow , ↑ bout , ↑ bruise , ↑ bug , ↑ bump , ↑ burn , ↑ chill , ↑ cold , ↑ cough , ↑ cut , ↑ disposition , ↑ divorce , ↑ email , ↑ fall , ↑ feeling , ↑ fight , ↑ foul , ↑ gash , ↑ habit , ↑ incident , ↑ infection , ↑ injury , ↑ jolt , ↑ knock , ↑ look , ↑ mess , ↑ remark , ↑ rumour , ↑ scar , ↑ scare , ↑ scratch , ↑ shock , ↑ side effect , ↑ smell , ↑ sting , ↑ story , ↑ streak , ↑ surprise , ↑ suspicion , ↑ taste , ↑ temper , ↑ trick , ↑ virus , ↑ weather

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .