nasty vs rotten

nasty

adj
  • Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person). 

  • Spiteful, unkind. 

  • Grave or dangerous (of an accident, illness etc.). 

  • Awkward, difficult to navigate; dangerous. 

  • Dirty, filthy. 

  • Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd. 

  • Formidable, terrific; wicked. 

  • Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive. 

noun
  • Sexual intercourse. 

  • Something nasty. 

  • A video nasty. 

rotten

adj
  • Cruel, mean or immoral. 

  • Bad or terrible. 

  • Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state. 

  • very drunk, intoxicated 

  • Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents. 

  • In a state of decay. 

adv
  • To an extreme degree. 

How often have the words nasty and rotten occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )