| Voornaamste vertalingen |
| nasty adj | (person: spiteful, cruel) | gemeen, vals bn |
| | Mary was a nasty person who started rumors about all kinds of people. |
| wicked adj | (mean, evil) | gemeen, slecht, boosaardig bn |
| | The wicked child tormented the kitten. |
| vile adj | (nasty, unpleasant) | gemeen bn |
| | Don't ever let that vile man come in here again! |
| bitchy adj | informal (person: malicious, spiteful) | gemeen, hatelijk bn |
| | I've never met anyone as bitchy as your little sister. |
| catty adj | informal (person: spiteful) | kattig bn |
| | | hatelijk, gemeen bn |
| | I can't be friends with catty people who gossip. |
| roguish adj | (mischievous) | schurkachtig, gemeen bn |
| | | schelmachtig, kwajongensachtig bn |
| | When my son gave me a roguish smile, I knew he was being mischievous. |
| villainous adj | (wicked) | gemeen, slecht, schurkachtig bn |
| | The actor plays a villainous character in the film. |
| ugly adj | (disagreeable, objectionable) | gemeen bn |
| | | verwerpelijk bn |
| | The community was shocked to think that someone among them could have committed such an ugly act. |
| nasty adj | (comment: spiteful) | gemeen, vals, hatelijk, lelijk bn |
| | Kelsey's friend spread nasty rumors about her. |
| scurvy adj | dated (person, behaviour: mean) | gemeen bn |
| | (figuurlijk) | laag bn |
| | They won the election with lies and scurvy tricks. |
| squalid adj | figurative (morally repulsive) | gemeen bn |
| | (figuurlijk) | laag bn |
| | | verderfelijk bn |
| | I've met some squalid politicians before but you beat them all. |
| sleazy adj | informal (person: morally corrupt) | verdorven bn |
| | | gemeen bn |
| | (figuurlijk) | laag bn |
| | She can't get her sleazy uncle to leave her alone. |
| scummy adj | figurative, slang (despicable, worthless) | verachtelijk bn |
| | (figuurlijk) | laag bn |
| | | gemeen bn |
| | I thought he was trustworthy, but I eventually realized he was scummy. |
| grubby adj | figurative (sordid) (figuurlijk) | vies, vuil bn |
| | | gemeen, verachtelijk bn |
| | I don't want to hear all the grubby details of your love affair. |
| stinking adj | slang, figurative (horrid) | vreselijk, verschrikkelijk bn |
| | | gemeen bn |
| | (informeel) | goor, smerig bn |
| | I want to get rid of my stinking bicycle. |
| demoniac adj | (wicked) | kwaadaardig, gemeen, slecht bn |
| | | verdorven, zondig bn |
| | The man gave a demoniac smile and laughed. |
| demonic adj | (wicked, evil) | kwaadaardig, gemeen, slecht bn |
| | | verdorven, zondig bn |
| | With a demonic laugh, the man walked away. |
diabolic,
diabolical adj | figurative (evil, wicked) | diabolisch, duivels, gemeen, slecht bn |
| meanly adv | (in an unkind way) | gemeen bw |
| | | onvriendelijk bw |
| | The bully taunted the other children meanly. |
| cruelly adv | (in a sadistic way) | wreed bw |
| | | gemeen bw |
| | The attorney cruelly gave his assistant more work than she could handle. |
| bad adj | (evil, wicked) | slecht, gemeen, kwaadaardig bn |
| | I like to think there are more good people than bad people in the world. |
| shabby adj | figurative, informal (actions: despicable) | verachtelijk, laag, gemeen bn |
| | (informeel) | smerig bn |
| | When Amy discovered that Dawn had been telling tales about her to the boss, she thought it was a shabby way to behave. |
| vicious adj | (attack, blow: violent) | gewelddadig, gemeen bn |
| | The victim suffered a vicious attack and had to spend months in hospital. |
| vile adj | (action: morally repugnant) | gemeen bn |
| | | verachtelijk bn |
| | (figuurlijk) | laag bn |
| | I will never trust her again after her vile betrayal of our family. |
| poisonous adj | figurative (malicious) | venijnig bn |
| | | gemeen bn |
| | She exacted a truly poisonous revenge on her husband. |
| backhand adj | figurative (snide, malicious) | achterbaks bn |
| | | gemeen bn |
| | | sluw bn |
| | I was stung by my boss's backhand remarks about my timekeeping. |
| mangy adj | figurative, informal (mean) | gemeen, laag bn |
| | The bully played a mangy trick on the other students. |
| vicious adj | (malicious, cruel) | gemeen, hatelijk bn |
| | Gareth's vicious comments hurt Martha's feelings. |
| mean adj | informal (malicious, unkind) | gemeen, achterbaks bn |
| | (spreektaal) | geniepig bn |
| | That was a mean thing you did. |
| Aanvullende vertalingen |
| mean adj | (base) | gemeen, vals bn |
| | His motives are mean and vile. |
| hard adj | figurative (person: tough, unemotional) | gemeen bn |
| | The old woman rarely showed any emotion and people said she was hard. |
| base adj | (dishonourable, low) | laag-bij-de-gronds, gemeen bn |
| | His base comments offended the women. |
| nasty adj | slang (sports: throw, etc.) (sport) | lelijk, gemeen bn |
| | Sarah threw a nasty fastball. |
| gutter adj | figurative (press, language: sordid, vulgar) (in samenstelling) | straat- voorvoegsel |
| | | gemeen, vuil bn |
| | Seth, you will not use this gutter language inside my house! |
| ugly adv | US, informal (in an ugly way) | lelijk, gemeen bw |
| | He talks to his wife really ugly sometimes. |
| viciously adv | (aggressively) | kwaadaardig, boosaardig, gemeen, gewelddadig bw |
| | The wolf snarled viciously at the bear. |