adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bad/terrible/nasty temper
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He ran back home in a terrible temper.
a horrible/nasty/horrific accident
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We narrowly avoided a nasty accident.
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‘This was an absolutely horrific accident,’ said an ambulance spokesman.
a nasty cold ( also a heavy cold British English ) (= a bad one )
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He sounded as if he had a heavy cold.
a nasty injury (= quite bad )
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Fairground rides can cause some nasty injuries.
a nasty shock especially BrE (= one that is very unpleasant and upsetting )
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Come and sit down. You’ve had a nasty shock.
a nasty/awful suspicion
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Suddenly I had a nasty suspicion that the boss was going to make me redundant.
a nasty/horrible bug
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It was a really nasty bug.
a nasty/violent cough (= a very bad cough )
an annoying/unpleasant/nasty habit
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He had the unpleasant habit of eating with his mouth open.
an ugly/nasty rumour (= a rumour about something bad )
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Ugly rumours persisted that there had been a cover-up.
an unpleasant/nasty surprise
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We don’t want any unpleasant surprises.
bad/nasty (= wide or deep and bleeding a lot )
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The cut looked quite bad.
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How did you get that nasty cut?
cheap and nasty
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The furniture looked cheap and nasty .
nasty informal (= a serious infection )
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He’s got a really nasty infection.
nasty/unpleasant
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Some tablets have a nasty taste.
the weather turns cold/nasty etc ( also it turns cold/nasty etc )
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Then it turned cold and started to rain.
turn nasty/mean/violent etc (= suddenly become angry, violent etc )
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The police are worried that the situation could turn violent.
video nasty
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
particularly
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Could it be just a particularly nasty stomach bug that was taking its sweet time about leaving?
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Stewart walked off with the look of one who was the sole survivor of a particularly nasty plane crash.
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Walken is particularly nasty as a paralyzed gangster who gets what fun he can by making people squirm.
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Det Insp Tom Henry says it was a particularly nasty incident and a stupid act for anyone to do.
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But this was a particularly nasty clash, for a couple of reasons.
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The last one - it happened only last year - was particularly nasty .
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Eventually she manages to deliver a particularly nasty jab and he goes up.
pretty
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Men can be pretty nasty too.
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Cormorants can be pretty nasty with their beaks.
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Whatever it was, he felt it must be pretty nasty .
rather
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He walks with head erect but looking as though there is a rather nasty smell in the area.
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Before his accident the Dean had created a rather nasty scene with Jason.
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Oh, dear, oh, dear, this is all turning into a rather nasty mess, isn't it?
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There was something rather nasty about the robe of woven-together eyes.
really
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If that was just a warning I didn't want to be around when they got really nasty .
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My own whip was a perfect gentleman, but it was really other colleagues who got really nasty .
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Browns and beiges can be really nasty , they always look like soup has been spilled down them.
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It could have been really nasty , you know.
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If he continues exploring, he may bump into something really nasty and die.
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Since the birth of her baby brother she had turned really nasty .
so
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Some of them were so nasty that they had learned to disguise most symptoms of ill health from her.
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Shoveling is considered so nasty that the tortured feel they must reward themselves by laying permanent claim to their handiwork.
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Viewers will see what makes nasty Norma, the receptionist so nasty.
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Unfortunately, that area is so nasty and so congested, they started losing business.
very
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He had been confirmed as Bernhard Hoppe, ex-con, bank robber, gangster, very nasty and a real low-life.
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But I do know that all them Varneys have been very nasty to me and so forth and so on.
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But the stall keeper refused to change it and was very nasty to her.
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It was a very nasty game.
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I am beginning to have a very nasty feeling about this one.
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About five weeks ago there was a very nasty accident, fortunately nobody was injured, unlike this time.
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Mortars, especially, are very nasty against large enemy units.
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They could sometimes turn very nasty where the Capellans were concerned.
■ NOUN
accident
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It could be anything from a charge of treason to a nasty accident .
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But you can narrow the odds of a nasty accident happening in your home by being more safety-conscious.
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About five weeks ago there was a very nasty accident , fortunately nobody was injured, unlike this time.
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Your dad's had a nasty accident , right?
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Being able to side-slip, therefore, is a useful safety valve and has prevented many a nasty accident .
business
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It was a messy, nasty business , and so was much else we did.
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That was the one bright spot in the whole nasty business .
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Rumours had it also that there had been a little bit of nasty business first.
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And what a very nasty business that turned out to be.
feeling
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I had a nasty feeling that a little tragedy was building up here.
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I am beginning to have a very nasty feeling about this one.
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I had the nasty feeling they'd done this before.
habit
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Both subscriptions cost about £800 per year and both have the nasty habit of being so voluminous as to go largely unread.
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Although an attractive addition to a tank, it has a nasty habit of fighting with members of its own species.
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It is a simple enough message but one which has a nasty habit of being forgotten when companies decide to shed staff.
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Appraisal schemes have a nasty habit of becoming complex and over sophisticated.
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Yet unlikely figures often have a nasty habit of turning out to be true.
piece
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The letter Fearon got was a very nasty piece of threatening mail.
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Cyril and Wyatt had gone around together with that other boy, that Donald, who was a nasty piece of work.
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You'd best steer clear of him, Manderley, he's a nasty piece of work.
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A nasty piece of work, vicious and venomous as a viper!
shock
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Next April's council elections could prove a nasty shock .
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I'd have got a nasty shock otherwise.
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That nasty shock should emphasize the importance of low-fat simplicity in restaurant meals while dieting.
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Of course, the subject could be deceived and get a nasty shock .
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Otherwise you may get a nasty shock .
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They should get a nasty shock when they meet our eyes.
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A nasty shock , one might say.
stuff
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Tritium is nasty stuff , and ingesting it can be fatal.
surprise
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But when you get hold of the document and look at the detail you're in for a nasty surprise .
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What further nasty surprises awaited me that day?
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Naturally, the tricky business of welding the Germanies together could still bring nasty surprises .
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Outside, all was danger and sudden, nasty surprises .
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There were rarely any nasty surprises .
taste
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I got a nasty taste in my mouth - sort of stale like.
things
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What Amis has also acknowledged as a writer is that nice things aren't necessarily as funny as nasty things.
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He blamed you for everything, even the accident, accusing you of awful, nasty things .
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Reznor was not aware of it, however, and was somewhat surprised to find nasty things going bump in the night.
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Get rid of them nasty things down your throat what's harbouring the germs.
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First, John Major, though a pleasant man, had to say some nasty things about his opponents.
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She said her husband seemed to be unbalanced and capable of doing nasty things to their children.
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You shouldn't have done nasty things at Lily's funeral, if that's the case.
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At the moment people are being indignant about literary biographies and the nasty things they are saying about their subjects.
turn
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Gave me a nasty turn , I can tell you!
weather
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Tackle the Ridgeway in nasty weather ?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a nasty sense of humor
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A few days later, Brian had a nasty case of poison oak.
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a particularly nasty murder case
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Cheap perfume often smells nasty after a couple of hours.
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Don't let that nasty old dog come up here.
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His mouth twisted into a nasty snarl.
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I'd avoid him. if I were you. He can be quite nasty .
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I'm not very keen on this wine. It has a nasty aftertaste.
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I'm so glad you didn't get that nasty flu, Joan.
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I don't mean to be nasty , but I don't think we should work together any more.
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I just heard a nasty rumor about Jill.
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It's pretty nasty outside - they're expecting freezing rain.
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My first boss was a really nasty person, who seemed to enjoy making life difficult for everyone.
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Paul, you mustn't be nasty to the children. You'll make them cry.
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Police were alerted when neighbors complained of a nasty smell coming from the basement.
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Some of the older boys were being very nasty to him.
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Stacy said he was really nasty to her.
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The news of his death came as a very nasty shock.
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Their marriage ended in a nasty divorce.
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There was a nasty accident on the freeway and seven people were killed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anyway, after seven years, people get nasty .
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I thought they would come to school and write nasty letters and stuff.
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Line play is nasty , brutal and hurtful.
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Some resisted, and for a time things got nasty .
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Soon after he joined Rangers he was involved in a nasty and bitter dismissal, sacking the club's long standing groundsman.
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Strachan was carried off with what looked like a nasty injury.
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The scrubbing was the nastiest, she thought despairingly, bad though blacking the grates, particularly the kitchen range, was.
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These lads were the blunt end of a much nastier problem.