Nasty
Nasty adjective - Arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust.
Up against and nasty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Up against" instead an adjective "Nasty".
Nearby Word: nastily
Up against
Nasty and up against are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nasty" instead an adjective phrase "Up against".
Both terms in one sentence
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Wave Motion Gun: Clockworks, a nasty boss in this game that guilds go up against, has one.
Source: Video Game / Flyff -
The E-75, a Tier 9 German heavy tank, is a nasty surprise for anyone going up against one frontally.
Source: Video Game / World of Tanks - The longer he does this, the more likely it is that he will run right up against something nasty when he finally turns around.
Source: Walking Backwards
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