Definition: nastiness

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

nastiness
     n 1: a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
          [syn: filth, filthiness, foulness]
     2: malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or
        nasty [syn: cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness]
     3: the quality of being unpleasant; "I flinched at the
        nastiness of his wound" [ant: niceness]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Nastiness \Nas"ti*ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being nasty; extreme filthness;
   dirtiness; also, indecency; obscenity.

         The nastiness of Plautus and Aristophanes. --Dryden.