NASTY

[adjective] -ier, -iest - very unpleasant to see, hear, smell, taste, touch or experienceThere's a nasty smell - has someone left the gas on?In an emergency you could get out through a window, but it would be a nasty (= long and difficult) drop.He had a nasty (= bad) cut above the eye.He shouted a nasty (= rude) word at her.The car has a nasty (= bad) habit of breaking down just when I really need it.What a nasty mind (= a rude or unkind way of thinking) you have.Unless some action is taken now, the Government could be in for a nasty shock/surprise.It's not very good wine - rather cheap and nasty in fact.The situation could turn (= become) nasty (= unpleasant, esp. violent) at any moment.A nasty person is someone who is rude or unpleasant to other people.The landlord of the pub was really nasty to John last night.If you have a nasty feeling about something, you think that it is likely to happen or to be true.She'd always had a nasty feeling about Geoff, and now events had proved her right to have been suspicious.I've got a nasty feeling that I forgot to tell Joe I couldn't come.If you describe someone as a nasty piece of work you mean that they are very unpleasant.