Modifying Another Word

• downright: She is downright nasty to those who disagree with her views.

• particularly: A particularly nasty strain of the virus can make normally healthy people very ill.

• rather: All I needed was some something to relieve the pain from some rather nasty mosquito bites I have acquired.

• pretty: He comes across as a pretty nasty guy with very few redeeming features.

• thoroughly: She may be, as I am told, a thoroughly nasty piece of work.

• potentially: Avoid the animal's breath, as it may carry some potentially nasty bacteria.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• get: Of course, before we get a bit too nasty we should probably take a look at the memory first.

• make: The blue cast this causes alters even the true appearance of other colors in your photo, which makes this side effect particularly nasty.

• look: My only criticism is that the artwork looks a bit nasty.

Modifies a noun

• surprise: Floating into a corner booth, he got a very nasty surprise.

• shock: AOL provides tips and advice to help you avoid a nasty shock from your phone bill.

• habit: You can also improve your personal hygiene by stopping any nasty habits like biting your nails or picking your nose.

• gash: They must have found a way through. ' Digger lifted his smock to reveal a nasty gash that ran several inches along his waist.

• bug: Or there happened to be some nasty bug " floating around " the moment they turned the machine on.

• sting: Watch out for the fire corals in shallow water these creamy tan or mustard colored corals can give a nasty sting.

Used with adjective complement

• turn: Stop borrowing or we'll turn really nasty " .

• taste: Except don't, because it tastes very nasty.

• get: Worse, Aubrey started to get nasty with CBS ' roster of stars.

• look: The picture quality is excellent, a vast improvement on the VHS release which looked rather nasty at times.

• smell: Not only did she smell nasty, she died.