nasty

"And it was pretty vicious, it was pretty nasty, it was absolutely directed in a very personal way at me."

When it comes to business, the government will in part want to be judged on what it does not do in this Budget: no more nasty surprises, no blanket tax rises.

That rewarding bounce made the tech bubble wilder, as did the fact that few people in the market in the late 1990s had personally experienced a really nasty, long downturn.

Even if your mother set up a trust for her children and/or grandchildren, you may ultimately end up with a nasty court case instead of an inheritance.

“However, they have the nasty habit of invading our most hallowed space, and that’s our homes.”