nastiness

nastiness
noun die Ekeligkeit
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nas·ti·ness
[ˈnɑ:stɪnəs, AM ˈnæ:stɪ-]
n no pl Gemeinheit f, Gehässigkeit f
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['nAːstInɪs]
n no pl
1) (= unpleasantness) Scheußlichkeit f; (of medicine) Ekelhaftigkeit f; (of weather) Abscheulichkeit f; (= seriousness of break, wound) schlimme Art; (= objectionableness of crime, behaviour, language) Abscheulichkeit f; (= dirtiness) Schmutzigkeit f; (= dangerousness) Gefährlichkeit f
2) (= malice) (of behaviour etc) Gemeinheit f; (of person) Bosheit f, Gemeinheit f; (of remarks etc) Gehässigkeit f, Gemeinheit f; (= behaviour) gemeines or scheußliches Benehmen (to gegenüber); (= remarks) Gehässigkeit(en pl) f (to(wards) gegenüber)
3) (= offensiveness) Anstößigkeit f; (of film, book also) Ekelhaftigkeit f

the nastiness of his mind — seine üble/schmutzige Fantasie or Phantasie

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nastiness [ˈnɑːstınıs; US ˈnæs-] s
1. Schmutzigkeit f (auch fig)
2. Ekligkeit f, Widerlichkeit f
3. Gefährlichkeit f
4. a) Gehässigkeit f, Bosheit f
b) Gemeinheit f
c) Übellaunigkeit f
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n.
Garstigkeit f.

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