Downright unpleasant
The crossword clue "Downright unpleasant" is answered by NASTY, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NASTY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NASTY answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NASTY
Every other clue in this collection answered by NASTY, most used first.
- Mean-spirited - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Spiteful - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Mean - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Foul - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Unpleasant - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Vile - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Unpleasant, as weather - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Disgusting - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Disagreeable - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- 1986 Janet Jackson hit - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Gross - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Malicious - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- Snide - used 10 times, most recently in 1979
- Very unpleasant - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Downright mean - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Far from friendly - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Vicious - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Inclement - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Loathsome - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Offensive - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Downright - PLUMB, used 14 times
- Downright - UTTER, used 13 times
- Downright - SHEER, used 11 times
- Unpleasant encounter - RUNIN, used 10 times
- Unpleasant smells - ODORS, used 10 times
- Downright - STARK, used 8 times
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