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# nastiness

noun (nastiness — uncountable; a nastiness — rare)

«nastiness» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Unkind, mean or spiteful behaviour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nastiness/#m1)
2. Being very unpleasant, as in the nastiness of a smell or an illness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nastiness/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in stories, PSHE and everyday talk about bullying and unkind behaviour ("There's no need for nastiness") and to describe how bad something is.

### Examples

- There was no need for that nastiness; say sorry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nastiness/#x1)
- The nastiness of the comments online upset her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nastiness/#x2)
- We talked in class about how to stand up to nastiness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nastiness/#x3)
- The nastiness of the smell made us hold our noses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nastiness/#x4)
- Despite the nastiness of the bug, he was better in a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nastiness/#x5)
- The villain's nastiness grew worse with every chapter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nastiness/#x6)
- Kindness can beat nastiness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nastiness/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable. From "nasty" + "-ness": the "y" changes to "i". Adjective "nasty", adverb "nastily".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «nastiness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nastiness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«nastiness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nastiness.html) on Mova free.