Nasty and Short

Nasty

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

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

Nearby Word: nastily

Short

Short adjective - Having relatively little height.

Nasty and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nasty" instead an adjective "Short".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / World Of Warships Though the range is pitifully short at only 3 kilometers, it can be a nasty surprise when one gets too close.
  • Feathered Fiend Wells wrote a short short called Aepyornis Island, where the titular bird is quite a nasty beastie.
  • Comic Book / Johnny the Homicidal Maniac Johnny (Nny for short) is a serial killer with various psychological disorders who does bizarre and often nasty things to bizarre and often nasty people.
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