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Noun: nastiness  năsteenus
  1. A state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
    - filth, filthiness, foulness
     
  2. Malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
    - cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness
     
  3. The quality of being unpleasant
    "I flinched at the nastiness of his wound"

Derived forms: nastinesses

See also: nasty

Type of: malevolence, malevolency, malice, unpleasantness, unsanitariness

Antonym: niceness