Nasty
Nasty adjective - Requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling.
Usage example: given the high-ranking people involved, it will be a nasty job to hammer out a compromise
Problematic and nasty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Problematic" instead an adjective "Nasty".
Nearby Word: nastily
Problematic
Problematic adjective - Requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling.
Usage example: the problematic situation of somehow having two dates for the same party
Nasty and problematic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nasty" instead an adjective "Problematic".
Both words in one sentence
-
Inventory Management Puzzle: The common inventory is 16 items instead of 8 like the previous game, however this gets problematic at the Nasty Dungeon.
Source: Video Game / SaGa 2 - Mona Lisa herself was a duck of really nasty disposition, which made painting her favorably problematic.
Source: Mona Lisa Smile -
Frequently found serving as meat shields for mage enemies and have a really nasty habit of surrounding your party, which can be problematic.
Source: Video Game / Tales of Phantasia
Cite this Source
Problematic and Nasty. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/nasty/problematic
Nasty & Problematic. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/nasty/problematic>.
Problematic or Nasty. 2016. Accessed July 31, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/nasty/problematic.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "nasty" and "problematic" have occurred on timeline