nastiness

Other forms of nastiness

plural

nastinesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nastiness

What does nastiness mean?

nastiness means "a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nastiness?

nastiness has 3 syllables: nas-ti-ness. The stress falls on "nas". In IPA it is /ˈnæstinəs/.

What is another word for nastiness?

Close synonyms include filth, filthiness, foulness, cattiness, bitchiness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of nastiness?

The recorded antonyms are niceness.

Is nastiness a common word?

nastiness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.