Nasty and Paltry

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Nasty adjective - Arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust.

Usage example: fortunately, the story's nasty characters are balanced by some truly good people

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Paltry and nasty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Paltry" instead an adjective "Nasty".

Nearby Word: nastily

Paltry adjective - Arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust.

Usage example: a paltry, underhanded scheme to get someone fired

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Nasty and paltry are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nasty" instead an adjective "Paltry".

Nearby Word: paltriness

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