How do you say nasty in British?

Break 'nasty' down into sounds: [NAA] + [STEE] - say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them.
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Below is the UK transcription for 'nasty':
  1. Modern IPA: nɑ́ːsdɪj.
  2. Traditional IPA: ˈnɑːstiː
  3. 2 syllables: "NAA" + "stee"
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What does nasty mean UK?

1Very bad or unpleasant.
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How do you say mad in British?

Synonyms of 'angry' in British English
  1. furious. He is furious at the way he has been treated.
  2. cross. Everyone was getting bored and cross.
  3. heated. It was a very heated argument.
  4. mad (informal) I'm pretty mad about it, I can tell you.
  5. raging. Inside, she was raging.
  6. provoked.
  7. outraged.
  8. annoyed.
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How do you say you are nasty?

  1. spiteful.
  2. despicable.
  3. disagreeable.
  4. distasteful.
  5. lousy (slang)
  6. malicious.
  7. mean.
  8. unpleasant.
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What's a fancy word for disgusting?

OTHER WORDS FOR disgusting

loathsome, sickening, nauseous, repulsive, revolting, repugnant, abhorrent, detestable.
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How to pronounce NASTY in British English



Is the word awful slang?

By the early 1800s, we start to see some slang uses of “awful” to mean ugly, frightful, or monstrous – meanings that are much closer to what we have today. At some point, “awful” also becomes an intensifier: “I'm awfully sad.”
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Is Mad a British slang?

Americans tend to use the word as a synonym for “angry.” The OED shows that it appeared in Britain this way as early as the 1400s but gradually lost favor there, even as it was being adopted early and enthusiastically in the United States. Horace Greeley (1811-1872) said: “My God!
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Is Mad a British word?

It should be noted, however, that Shakespeare used mad to mean “crazy” much more frequently than he used it to mean “angry.” In British English today, a statement like “He must be mad” is understood to mean “He must be crazy.” So though the “angry” meaning isn't an Americanism in origin, it has become more standard in ...
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Are you mad meaning in UK?

To me, as a Brit, 'mad' means 'insane'. Saying, "Are you mad at me?" should indicate an even greater state of anger than usual, such that it actually drives the person insane.
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Is Ulter a word?

Ulterior comes directly from the Latin word for "farther" or "further," itself assumed to be from ulter, meaning "situated beyond."
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Is it more nasty or nastier?

AdjectiveEdit

The comparative form of nasty; more nasty.
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Is Nesty a word?

No, nesty is not in the scrabble dictionary.
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What is a hellacious?

Definition of hellacious

1 : exceptionally powerful or violent. 2 : remarkably good.
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What does awful mean in Old English?

awful (adj.) c. 1300, agheful "worthy of respect or fear, striking with awe; causing dread," from aghe, an earlier form of awe (n.), + -ful. The Old English word was egefull. Weakened sense "very bad" is from 1809; weakened sense of "excessively, very great" is by 1818.
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How do you spell Awefully?

Awefully - definition of awefully by The Free Dictionary.
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How do you say disgusting in slang?

The floor was deep with bat dung giving off a nauseous smell.
  1. grotty (slang)
  2. cringe-making (British, informal)
  3. yucky or yukky (slang)
  4. festy (Australian, slang)
  5. yucko (Australian, slang)
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What is a word worse than horrible?

abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, cruel, disgusting, dreadful, eerie, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, heinous, hideous, horrendous, horrid, lousy, nasty, scandalous.
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What does disgusting mean in slang?

revolting, nasty , sickening, repellent, nauseating, terrible , awful , odious, distasteful, fetid, foetid (UK), vomit-inducing, foul-smelling, filthy , dirty , gross (slang), yucky (slang), icky (slang), mucky (informal), noxious , squalid, sordid, unappetizing, unappetising (UK), unappealing, unsavory, unsavoury (UK) ...
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