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
Unscrupulous and nasty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unscrupulous" instead an adjective "Nasty".
Nearby Word: nastily
Unscrupulous
Unscrupulous adjective - Not guided by or showing a concern for what is right.
Nasty and unscrupulous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nasty" instead an adjective "Unscrupulous".
Nearby Word: unscrupulously
Both words in one sentence
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The protagonist's skin becomes invisible so that all his internal organs are showing, making him look like a monster and becoming a target for unscrupulous scientists who want to perform all sorts of nasty experiments on him against his will.
Source: Comic Book / 2000 AD -
Onishii and Ran are arguably either Pragmatic or Unscrupulous Heroes, being implicitly or explicitly shown to perform, allow, tolerate or even manipulate some fairly nasty events and people in their effort to try to safeguard Lux from self-destruction.
Source: Anime / Texhnolyze
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