Usually means: More unpleasant, mean, or harmful.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word nastier:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. nastier: Merriam-Webster
  2. nastier: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nastier: Collins English Dictionary
  4. nastier: Vocabulary.com
  5. Nastier, nastier: Wordnik
  6. nastier: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. nastier: Wiktionary
  8. Nastier, nastier: Dictionary.com
  9. nastier: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. nastier: FreeDictionary.org
  11. nastier: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nastier: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nastier: Idioms

(Note: See nasty as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Nasty)

adjective:  (now chiefly US) Dirty, filthy.
adjective:  Contemptible, unpleasant (of a person).
adjective:  Objectionable, unpleasant (of a thing); repellent, offensive.
adjective:  Indecent or offensive; obscene, lewd.
adjective:  Spiteful, unkind.
adjective:  (chiefly UK) Awkward, difficult to navigate; dangerous.
adjective:  (chiefly UK) Grave or dangerous (of an accident, illness etc.).
adjective:  (slang, chiefly US) Formidable, terrific; wicked.
noun:  (informal) Something nasty.
noun:  (euphemistic, slang, preceded by "the") Sexual intercourse.
noun:  A video nasty.
noun:  A hamlet in Great Munden parish, East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3524).
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