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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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3

as in sordidness

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cleanliness
• purity
• spotlessness

• cleanliness
• purity
• spotlessness