Nasty and Poisonous

Nasty

Nasty adjective - Having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it.
Usage example: made nasty comments about how ugly she was

Poisonous is a synonym for nasty in attitude topic. In some cases you can use "Poisonous" instead an adjective "Nasty", when it comes to topics like health, unkind, injurious.

Nearby Word: nastily

Poisonous

Poisonous adjective - Containing or contaminated with a substance capable of injuring or killing a living thing.

Nasty is a synonym for poisonous in attitude topic. You can use "Nasty" instead an adjective "Poisonous", if it concerns topics such as health, malicious.

Nearby Words: poison, poisoned, poisoning, poisoner

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Dark Souls I aka: Dark Souls 1 Love Redeems: Eingyi was a nasty little joker, and is implied to be the reason why the swamp below Blighttown is poisonous.
  • Love Redeems In Dark Souls Eingyi was a nasty little joker, and is implied to be the reason why the swamp below Blighttown is poisonous.
    Source: Love Redeems
  • Garden of Evil The realm of the Chaos God Nurgle is said to look like a rotting garden filled with various poisonous plants and nasty diseases.
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