nasty

nasty
nasty
A ○ n (in food, water, air) saleté f ; video nasty film m d'épouvante en vidéo.
B adj
1 (unpleasant) [crime, experience, sight, taste, surprise, suspicion] horrible ; [feeling, task] désagréable ; [habit] 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 ; the nasty weather le mauvais temps ; to smell nasty sentir mauvais ; to taste nasty avoir mauvais goût ; it's nasty and hot il fait une chaleur désagréable ; things could get nasty les choses pourraient mal tourner ; to turn nasty [dog] devenir méchant ; [person] s'emporter ; [weather] se gâter ; to be a nasty piece of work être un sale type/une sale femme ;
2 (unkind) [person] désagréable ; [trick] sale (before n), vilain ; [gossip, letter] méchant ; you've got a nasty mind tu vois toujours le mal partout ; a nasty sense of humour un humour méchant ; he gets nasty when he's tired il devient méchant quand il est fatigué ; to be nasty to être dur envers ; to say nasty things about dire des choses méchantes au sujet de ;
3 (serious) [cut, bruise] vilain (before n) ; [bump, crack, fall, accident] grave ; [cold] mauvais (before n) ;
4 (ugly) [colour, shape, style] affreux/-euse ;
5 (tricky) [problem, question] difficile ; [bend] dangereux/-euse.

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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