nasty vs nice vs pleasant

nasty

Definitions

adjective

  1. characterized by obscenity
  2. disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
  3. exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent
  4. offensive or even (of persons) malicious

Examples

A nasty flu bug's going round at the moment.

I can see banning books that illustrate these nasty looking teste bags.

Suddenly, seeking high office, Liddy Dole was described as over-ambitious, chilly and nasty under the "syrupy" Southern accent.

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nice

Definitions

adjective

  1. excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
  2. done with delicacy and skill
  3. socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
  4. exhibiting courtesy and politeness
  5. pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance

Examples

The main square is called “Rynek” (which basically means “central market place”), and in the middle there are two buildings: “Ratusz” or City Hall (compare with German “Rathaus”) and “Sukiennice”, a long one-level building not unlike a bazaar, filled with stores.

Deefer took others off to see if there might not be a few plump wherries in the hills; they would make a nice change from the tough herdbeast meat, the supply of which was now virtually ex - hausted.

(Variety's Dennis Harvey called Mr. Friedman's onscreen persona "nebbishy"; The Boston Globe's Wesley Morris was a little nicer, saying, "The movie is the product of his big, shiny love of forgotten soul legends whom superstardom ... has eluded.")

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