naughty
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naugh·ty
(nô'tē) 
adj., -ti·er, -ti·est.
One that is naughty.
naughtiness naugh'ti·ness n.
adj., -ti·er, -ti·est.
- Behaving disobediently or mischievously: a naughty child.
- Indecent; improper: a naughty wink.
- Archaic. Wicked; immoral.
One that is naughty.
[Middle English noughti, wicked, from nought, nothing, evil, from Old English nāwiht, nothing. See naught.]
naughtily naugh'ti·ly adv.naughtiness naugh'ti·ness n.
WORD HISTORY The word naughty at one time was an all-purpose word similar to bad. During the 16th century one could use naughty to mean "unhealthy, unpleasant, bad (with respect to weather), vicious (of an animal), inferior, or bad in quality" (one could say "very naughtie figes" or "naughty corrupt water"). All of these senses have disappeared, however, and naughty is now used mainly in contexts involving mischief or indecency. This recalls its early days in Middle English (with the form noughti), when the word was restricted to the senses "evil, hostile, ineffectual, and needy." Middle English noughti, first recorded in the last quarter of the 14th century, was derived from nought, which primarily meant "nothing" but was also used as a noun meaning "evil" and as an adjective meaning such things as "immoral, weak, useless." Thus naughty, in a sense, has risen from nothing, but its fortunes used to be better than they are at present.
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naughty
adjective
- Misbehaving, often in a troublesome way: bad, ill-behaved. See control/uncontrol, good/bad.
- Not in keeping with conventional mores: immodest, improper, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, unbecoming, unbefitting, unseemly, untoward. Idioms: out of line. See usual/unusual.
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naughty
adj
Definition: bad, misbehaved
Antonyms: behaved, controlled, good, obedient, well-behaved
adj
Definition: obscene, vulgar
Antonyms: clean, decent, good, moral, pure
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naughty
IN BRIEF: To behave badly.
It was some naughty kids that put dish soap in the fountain.
Tutor's tip: The math teacher assigned the "naughty" (disobedient) student a particularly "knotty" (complex) problem.
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verb trans.
verb trans.
1: (An act of) sexual intercourse. (1959 —) .
R. Beilby It was also the opinion of the platoon, privately expressed, that Peppie had enjoyed more thoughties than naughties (1977).
2: To have sex with. (1961 —) .
C. Klein He didn't want to dob the hard word on her, last thing he had on his mind was to try and naughty her (1977).
verb trans.
1: (An act of) sexual intercourse. (1959 —) .
R. Beilby It was also the opinion of the platoon, privately expressed, that Peppie had enjoyed more thoughties than naughties (1977).
2: To have sex with. (1961 —) .
C. Klein He didn't want to dob the hard word on her, last thing he had on his mind was to try and naughty her (1977).
| natural, natty, natch | |
| nav, neat, neatnik |
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categories related to 'naughtiness'
- Pranks and Tricks - naughtiness: mischief or minor rascality
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Naughty
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fræk
n. - uartig person, frækkert
idioms:
- the naughties [sl.] gøre det frække
Nederlands (Dutch)
ondeugend, stout, onfatsoenlijk
Français (French)
adj. - vilain, polisson, grivois, pas sage
n. - coquin
idioms:
- the naughties rapports sexuels (arg)
Deutsch (German)
adj. - ungezogen, frech
n. - (Slang) Sex
idioms:
- the naughties (Ugs.) Geschlechtsverkehr
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άτακτος, ανυπάκουος, κακός, άσεμνος, τολμηρός
n. - βρομοδουλειά (με γυναίκα)
Italiano (Italian)
cattivo, birichino
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - desobediente, malvado, impróprio
n. - desobediência (f), maldade (f)
Русский (Russian)
гадкий, скверный, вредный, шаловливый
Español (Spanish)
adj. - desobediente, revoltoso, pícaro, travieso
n. - desobediente, revoltoso, pícaro, travieso
idioms:
- the naughties relaciones sexuales
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - stygg, okynnig, oanständig, lättsinnig
n. pl. - sexuellt omgänge
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
顽皮的, 不适当的, 没规矩的, 性交
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 頑皮的, 不適當的, 沒規矩的
n. - 性交
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 장난꾸러기의, 아슬아슬한, 외설의
n. - 성교
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 腕白な, 行儀の悪い, やんちゃな, みだらな, 猥褻な
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) شرير, سيء السلوك, داعر (الجمع) الاشرار, الاشياء السيئه
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - שובב, לא הגון, לא צייתן, גס, רע, סורר
n. - נער שובב
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