Nasty vs. Ugly — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Nasty and Ugly
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Nasty
Very bad or unpleasant
Plastic bags burn with a nasty, acrid smell
Dad's had a nasty accident
Ugly
Displeasing to the eye; unsightly.
Nasty
Behaving in an unpleasant or spiteful way
Harry was a nasty, foul-mouthed old devil
Ugly
Repulsive or offensive; objectionable
An ugly remark.
Nasty
Damaging or harmful
A nasty, vicious-looking hatchet
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Ugly
Chiefly Southern US Rude
Don't be ugly with me.
Nasty
An unpleasant or harmful person or thing
A water conditioner to neutralize chlorine and other nasties
Ugly
New England Unmanageable. Used of animals, especially cows or horses.
Nasty
Disgusting or repellent
A nasty odor rising from the garbage can.
Ugly
Morally reprehensible; bad.
Nasty
Unpleasantly cold or wet
Nasty weather.
Ugly
Threatening or ominous
Ugly black clouds.
Nasty
(Archaic) Dirty; filthy.
Ugly
Likely to cause embarrassment or trouble
"Public opinion in both nations could take an ugly turn" (George R. Packard).
Nasty
Morally offensive or indecent
A nasty film.
Ugly
Marked by or inclined to anger or bad feelings; disagreeable
An ugly temper.
An ugly scene.
Nasty
Unpleasant or annoying
A nasty habit.
Ugly
One that is ugly.
Nasty
Mean or spiteful
Stop being nasty to each other.
Ugly
Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.
Nasty
Painful or dangerous; grave
A nasty accident.
Ugly
Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
Nasty
Exasperatingly difficult to solve or handle
A nasty puzzle.
A nasty problem.
Ugly
Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
He played an ugly trick on us.
Nasty
One that is nasty
"It is the business of museums to present us with nasties as well as with fine things" (Country Life).
Ugly
(Southern US) Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
An ugly temper; to feel ugly
Nasty
Dirty, filthy.
Ugly
Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.
An ugly rumour; an ugly customer; an ugly wound
With all this competition, expect things to get ugly.
Nasty
Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person).
Ugly
Ugliness.
Nasty
Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive.
Ugly
(slang) An ugly person or thing.
Nasty
Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd.
Ugly
Any product whose size and shape prevents it from fitting neatly on a pallet.
Nasty
Spiteful, unkind.
Ugly
A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.
Nasty
Awkward, difficult to navigate; dangerous.
Ugly
To make ugly (sometimes with up).
Nasty
Grave or dangerous (of an accident, illness etc.).
Ugly
Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.
The ugly view of his deformed crimes.
Like the toad, ugly and venomous.
O, I have passed a miserable night,So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams.
Nasty
Formidable, terrific; wicked.
Ugly
Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly.
Nasty
(informal) Something nasty.
Processed foods are full of aspartame and other nasties.
This video game involves flying through a maze zapping various nasties.
Ugly
Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer.
Nasty
Sexual intercourse.
Ugly
A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet.
Nasty
A video nasty.
Ugly
To make ugly.
Nasty
Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; nauseous.
Ugly
Displeasing to the senses and morally revolting;
An ugly face
Ugly furniture
War is ugly
Nasty
Hence, loosely: Offensive; disagreeable; unpropitious; wet; drizzling; as, a nasty rain, day, sky.
Ugly
Deficient in beauty;
Ugly gray slums
Nasty
Characterized by obscenity; indecent; indelicate; gross; filthy.
Ugly
Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace;
A surly waiter
An ugly frame of mind
Nasty
Vicious; offensively ill-tempered; insultingly mean; spiteful; as, a nasty disposition.
Ugly
Morally reprehensible;
Would do something as despicable as murder
Ugly crimes
The vile development of slavery appalled them
Nasty
Difficult to deal with; troublesome; as, he fell of his bike and got a nasty bruise on his knee.
Ugly
Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;
A baleful look
Forbidding thunderclouds
His tone became menacing
Ominous rumblings of discontent
Sinister storm clouds
A sinister smile
His threatening behavior
Ugly black clouds
The situation became ugly
Nasty
Offensive or even (of persons) malicious;
In a nasty mood
A nasty accident
A nasty shock
A nasty smell
A nasty trick to pull
Will he say nasty things at my funeral?
Ugly
Provoking horror;
An atrocious automobile accident
A frightful crime of decapitation
An alarming, even horrifying, picture
War is beyond all words horrible
An ugly wound
Nasty
Exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent;
A nasty problem
A good man to have on your side in a tight situation
Nasty
Thoroughly unpleasant;
Filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we're having
Nasty
Characterized by obscenity;
Had a filthy mouth
Foul language
Smutty jokes
Nasty
Disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter;
As filthy as a pigsty
A foul pond
A nasty pigsty of a room
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