Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest thing in the nicest way.
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Nastiest
Synonyms for "nastiest" (300 found)
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dirtydisagreeabledisgustingdistastefuldreadfulegregiousenormouseroticevilevil-mindedexecrableexplosivefecalfeculentfescenninefetidflagrantflyblownforbiddingfoul
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foul mouthedfoul tonguedfoul-mouthedfoul-spokenfoul-tonguedfrightfulfulsomegloppygrievousgrislygrossgrottygrubbygunkyharmfulharshhateheinoushideoushighhorriblehorridhurtfulickyignobleill-bredill-naturedill-temperedimproperimpureinconsiderateindecentindecorousindelicateinfamousinfectiniquitousinsensitiveinvidiousirascibleithyphalliclamentablelewdlicentiousloathsomelousyloutishloutyluridmaggotymaleficmaleficentmalevolentmaliciousmalignmalignantmalodorousmangymawkishmephiticmessmess upmiasmalmiasmic
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According to David Frum, the US Republican Party staged a convention which was their most listless and most joyless in twenty years, but Elizabeth Warren characterized that convention as the nastiest and most divisive in half a century.
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