Clues for the word "NASTY"
We've had 143 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 356 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on February 23, 2026.
Definition of nasty
- superl. - Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; nauseous.
- superl. - Hence, loosely: Offensive; disagreeable; unpropitious; wet; drizzling; as, a nasty rain, day, sky.
- superl. - Characterized by obcenity; indecent; indelicate; gross; filthy.
Referring Clues
- Yucky
- Unpleasant, as weather
- Bad, as weather
- Bad guy
- Spiteful
- Ill-tempered
- Vile
- Foul
- Satanic
- Very unpleasant
- Like some habits
- Malicious
- Gross
- Not just mean
- Wicked
- Inclement
- Like inclement weather
- Awful
- Meanspirited
- Icky-tasting
- Far from friendly
- Janet Jackson hit of 1986
- Offensive
- Repulsive
- Rank
- Disgusting
- Cold and rainy, say
- Mean
- Cold and rainy
- Like foul weather
- Like bad weather
- Not at all nice
- Mean-spirited
- Not very sporting
- Downright unpleasant
- Downright unpleasant, as weather
- Particularly unpleasant
- Foul, as weather
- Like severely inclement weather
- Far from nice
- Thoroughly unpleasant, as weather
- Odious
- Extremely unpleasant
- Indecent
- Raunchy
- Vicious
- Disagreeable
- Just plain mean
- Janet Jackson hit
- Malodorous, maybe
- Digustingly dirty
- Disgustingly dirty
- Disgustingly dirty
- Objectionable, as a habit
- Down-and-dirty
- Vicious, as the weather
- BrutisH
- Unpleasant
- Icy cold and rainy, perhaps
- More than unpleasant, as weather
- Loathsome
- Very unpleasant, weather-wise
- Down right mean
- Abominable, as weather
- Harsh, as weather
- Raw and bitter, as weather
- Downright mean
- Very unpleasant, as weather
- Villainous
- Poisonous
- Mean, mean, mean
- Foul, weather-wise
- Like extremely foul weather
- Really bad
- Foul-tasting
- Ill-tempered and then some
- Bad-tempered and then some
- Like ogres
- Like very bad weather
- Vile, as a habit
- Like inclement winter weather
- A street in New York that's unpleasant
- Not nice
- Deplorable
- More than mean
- '98 Beastie Boys album "Hello ___"
- '99 Stroke 9 album "___ Little Thoughts"
- Beastie Boys '98 album "Hello ___"
- Janet Jackson "Miss Jackson if you're ___"
- Beastly
- Unpleasant refusal to admit a saint
- Unpleasant Nazi pun
- Cockney hurried, initially revealing name and rank
- Not exactly tasty; unpleasant, in fact
- No way in - that's bad
- Unpleasant way in possibly any case
- Foul-smelling
- A street in American city can be frightful(5)
- Unpleasant return of an unpleasant spot
- Obnoxious
- Quite unpleasant
- "___, brutish, and short" (how Hobbes described the life of man)
- Lewd knight comes to a place of debauchery
- Negative remark about saint is offensive
- A street in New York that's filthy
- Saint in denial? Not nice
- Horrid village in Hertfordshire
- Mean to get some protection as tyrant
- Foul-tempered
- Wet and frigid, as weather
- Unpleasant, as a habit
- Unpleasant new head coming to stay, perhaps
- Inhospitable, as weather
- Adding insult to injury
- Rude refusal to get out of the way
- Ugh-inducing
- Filthy
- Sat around in New York being abusive
- Repugnant
- Downright disgusting
- Unpleasant refusal to go across the road
- Ilie Nastase's nickname
- Bad-tasting, maybe
- Really foul-tasting
- Mean no holy man to enter
- Bad-humored
- Highly unpleasant
- Eliciting a "Blech!"
- Terrible-tasting
- It's negative, out of the way, and unpleasant
- Like roads with lots of 27-Across and 30-Down
- Extremely mean
- Really, really bad
- Really disgusting
- "Yuck!"
- "It's Janet ... Miss Jackson if you're ___"
- "Eww!"
- "So gross!"
- Really gross
- Super gross
- Totally gross
- 66-Across's nickname
- Incredibly bad
Last Seen In
- Mindfood Daily - February 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 13, 2026
- LA Times - December 30, 2025
- New York Times - December 28, 2025
- Daily Quick - December 19, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 16, 2025
- New York Times - November 15, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 09, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - October 12, 2025
- New York Times - September 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 01, 2025
- LA Times - July 25, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 10, 2025
- LA Times - May 18, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - May 09, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 19, 2025
- Daily Quick - April 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - March 09, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - March 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 03, 2025
- Daily Quick - February 13, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - February 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 11, 2025
- New York Times - December 29, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 26, 2024
- Daily Quick - December 26, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 02, 2024
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