Nasty and Sorry

Nasty

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

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

Nearby Word: nastily

Sorry

Sorry adjective - Arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust.
Usage example: one more sorry stunt like that and you'll be fired

Nasty and sorry are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nasty" instead an adjective "Sorry".

Nearby Words: sorrow, sorriness

Both words in one sentence

  • Creator / Junji Ito Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Soichi is genuinely nasty, mean-spirited, and all-around evil, but he's so bad at it that it's hard not to feel sorry for him all the same.
  • My God What Have I Done / Video Games Happens again the Crocomire, who suffers a nasty death hardly fitting it that can only make the player feel sorry for it.
  • Manga / Kingdom Hearts II Taken for Granite: Megara Talk to the Cannon: When Yao says nasty stuff about Ping, he gets a rocket cannon jabbed into his face.Sora: Oh, sorry.
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