Synonyms of nastiness

nastiness

noun

1

as in malice

the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm

there was a natural nastiness about him that was evident from the time he was a small child

Synonyms & Similar Words

• malice
• venom
• hatred
• cruelty
• spite
• meanness
• hatefulness
• maliciousness
• hostility
• malevolence
• viciousness
• spitefulness
• bitterness
• malignity
• malignancy
• disgust
• jealousy
• contempt
• spleen
• despite
• malignance
• hate
• cattiness
• disdain
• animosity
• resentment
• antagonism
• abusiveness
• rancor
• vindictiveness
• distaste
• loathing
• enmity
• abhorrence
• horror
• antipathy
• abomination
• revulsion
• jaundice
• mean-spiritedness
• repulsion
• repugnance
• grudge
• ill will
• bile
• vengefulness
• bitchiness
• scorn
• execration
• vitriol
• virulence
• invidiousness
• aversion
• bitchery
• despicableness
• pique

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• love
• devotion
• passion
• civility
• friendliness
• hospitality
• cordiality
• amiability
• amity
• worship
• infatuation
• adoration
• kindness
• affection
• ardor
• veneration
• understanding
• sympathy
• friendship
• charity
• kindliness
• amicability
• empathy
• goodwill
• comity

2

as in grossness

the quality or state of being obscene

the nastiness of the graffiti required that the school remove it immediately

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grossness
• vulgarity
• foulness
• crudeness
• suggestiveness
• coarseness
• dirtiness
• obscenity
• filth
• abusiveness
• profanity
• filthiness
• crudity
• bawdiness
• lewdness
• impurity
• lasciviousness
• ribaldry
• smut
• offensiveness
• blueness
• indecency
• lowness
• dirt
• wantonness
• raunch
• raunchiness
• distastefulness
• naughtiness
• atrocity
• smuttiness
• broadness
• unpleasantness
• perversity
• earthiness
• impureness
• indelicacy
• saltiness
• undesirability
• unacceptability
• raciness
• obnoxiousness
• wickedness
• perversion
• depravity
• perverseness
• lechery
• immodesty
• repulsiveness
• repugnance
• loathsomeness
• gaminess
• reprehensibility
• infamy
• kinkiness
• repellency
• indecorousness
• unbecomingness
• objectionableness
• depravedness
• pervertedness
• indelicateness
• reprehensibleness
• scurrilousness
• atrociousness
• exceptionability

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• puritanism
• prudery
• priggishness
• primness
• prudishness
• decency
• decorum
• correctness
• seemliness
• appropriateness
• fitness
• suitability
• purity
• suitableness
• perfection
• priggery
• decorousness
• spotlessness

3

as in dustiness

the state or quality of being dirty

the piles of rotting food in the kitchen were only one element in the apartment's general impression of appalling nastiness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dustiness
• dinge
• staining
• foulness
• dirtiness
• sordidness
• filthiness
• uncleanliness
• grubbiness
• uncleanness
• dinginess
• griminess
• messiness
• soilage
• squalidness
• sloppiness
• smuttiness
• squalor
• untidiness
• muddiness
• impurity
• discoloration
• insanitation
• impureness
• mussiness
• sootiness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cleanliness
• purity
• spotlessness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nastiness

At this point, there's reason to wonder when and if the WNBA can move past the nastiness and racial hysteria that have defined the past few seasons. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026

The bullpen ranks 30th in FanGraphs’ Stuff+ metric, which more or less measures the nastiness of a pitcher’s arsenal. — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 24 June 2026

Just as surprising as all of the nastiness is the turn that happens mid-movie. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026

Over the last three local election cycles, the nastiness has come from some interloper. — Haven Shoemaker, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2026

The source material is occasionally witty and obsessive, but also carries a tone of unremitting nastiness. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026

Now that we’re retired, most of our trips are during off-peak hours, and the experience is too often very unpleasant either because of nastiness of one kind or another or delays. — Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026

Instead, Pratt is doubling down on his anti-homelessness nastiness as more and more people join his crusade. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026

The opening moments of this penultimate episode evoke enough genuine idealism and hope to feel like a rare breath of fresh air, holding the hermetic nastiness of the series in sharp relief. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 May 2026