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nastify

/ˈnæstɪfaɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nas-ti-fy
IPA
/ˈnæstɪfaɪ/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make nasty; to soil, dirty, or mess up.

Informal

Example Sentences

Etymology

From nasty + -fy. First attested in the 1870s.

Origin

Usage

Inflected Forms

nastifies (present, singular) nastifying (participle, present) nastified (participle, past) nastified (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce nastify?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnæstɪfaɪ/.
What does nastify mean?
To make nasty; to soil, dirty, or mess up.
Where does nastify come from?
First known use: First attested in the 1870s.

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