nasty

nasty
nasty [ˈnα:stɪ]
adjective
   a. ( = unkind, spiteful) [person, remark] méchant
• to be nasty to sb être méchant avec qn
• to have a nasty temper avoir un sale caractère
• a nasty trick un sale tour
   b. [habit, rumour] vilain ; [bend] dangereux ; [smell, taste, moment] mauvais before n ; [feeling, situation, experience] désagréable ; [weather] affreux
• a nasty shock une mauvaise surprise
• to turn nasty [situation] mal tourner ; [weather] se gâter
• to smell nasty sentir mauvais
• to taste nasty avoir un goût désagréable
   c. ( = serious) [accident] grave ; [fall, wound] vilain
• a nasty cold un gros rhume
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['nɑːstɪ] 1.
(colloq) noun (in food, water, air) saleté f

video nasty — film m d'épouvante en vidéo

2.
adjective
1) (unpleasant) [crime, experience, sight, taste, surprise, suspicion] horrible; [feeling, task] désagréable; [habit, weather, smell, taste] mauvais; [expression, look] méchant; [rumour] inquiétant; [stain] gros/grosse; [affair, business] sale (before n)

I got a nasty fright — j'ai vraiment eu un choc

things could get nasty — les choses pourraient mal tourner

to turn nasty — [person, dog] devenir méchant; [weather] se gâter

to be a nasty piece of work — (colloq) GB être un sale type (colloq)/une sale bonne femme (colloq)

2) (unkind) [person] désagréable; [trick] sale (before n), vilain; [gossip, remark, letter] méchant

you've got a nasty mind — tu vois toujours le mal partout

to be nasty to — être dur envers

3) (serious) [cut, bruise] vilain (before n); [bump, crack, fall, accident] grave; [cold] mauvais (before n)
4) (ugly) affreux/-euse
5) (tricky) [problem, question] difficile; [bend] dangereux/-euse

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