Nastiness
Nastiness noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Usage example: there was a natural nastiness about him that was evident from the time he was a small child
Resentment and nastiness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Resentment" instead a noun "Nastiness".
Resentment
Resentment noun - A lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong.
Usage example: if you continue to harbor resentment toward your father, you'll never be able to move on with your life
Nastiness and resentment are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nastiness" instead a noun "Resentment".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hostility and nastiness
- hostility and resentment
- animosity and nastiness
- animosity and resentment
- bitterness and nastiness
- bitterness and resentment
- antagonism and nastiness
- antagonism and resentment
- malice and nastiness
- malice and resentment
- spite and nastiness
- spite and resentment
- virulence and nastiness
- virulence and resentment
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Resentment and Nastiness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/nastiness/resentment
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