The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BITCHY
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result BITCHY
- Malicious bachelor causing irritation
- Bishop getting uncomfortable becomes spiteful
- Like a cat, black and suffering from fleas?
- Malicious heartless boy, long imprisoned
- Bishop’s restless and vindictive
- Nasty irritation, according to nurses
- Uncharitable characterisation of a female setter?
- By introducing it, church is vindictive
- a Malicious desire to cut through
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The straight part
We know that "Nasty" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case nasty = bitchy.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does BITCHY mean?
BITCHY adjective- Spiteful or malevolent; catty; malicious; unpleasant.
- Irritable.