naughty
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naughty
- /ˈnɔːti/ Northern England, UK, Wales
- /ˈnoːtɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈnɔti/ US
- [ˈnɔɾi] US
- /ˈnɑti/ US, cot caught merger
- [ˈnɑɾi] US, cot caught merger
- /ˈnoːti/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈnɔte/ Scotland
Sounds like knotty (cot–caught merger), noddy (cot–caught merger, flapping) · Rhymes with -ɔːti
Where it comes from
From late Middle English noughti, naughty (“evil, immoral, wicked”), from nought (“evil, immoral”) + -ī̆ (suffix forming adjectives). Analysable as naught + -y.
adjective naughtier · naughtiest · noughty
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Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).
Some naughty boys at school hid the teacher's lesson notes.
Similar: impish, misbehaved, impudent, sassy, audacious, bold, get wise, bold-faced, bold as brass, brassy, malapert, brazen
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Sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, risqué, cheeky.
I bought some naughty lingerie for my honeymoon.
Similar: dirty, racy, saucy, adult, bawdy, blue, cheeky, indecent, filthy, gross, harlot, impure · Opposite: innocent, nice
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Decadent, had as indulgence, especially an unhealthy one.
You knew I had to include at least one naughty chocolate smoothie, didn't you?!
Similar: cheeky, epicurean, sinful, voluptuary, Babylonian, decadent, epicureal, epicureous, epicurish, hedonic, hedonistic, intemperate
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Evil, wicked, morally reprehensible.
my proneſſe to ſinne, and naughty appetites and desires, woulde drawe me headlong to the pitte of hell
Similar: baneful, nithing, sordid, abandoned, arrant, bad, bad apple, bad seed, baleful, scurrilous, base, black-hearted
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Bad, worthless, substandard.
In Cornwall is two speches, the one is naughty Englysshe, and the other is Cornysshe speche.
Similar: lousy, second-rate, two-bit, valueless, ass, bad, base, below par, bottom-shelf, BTEC, bum, cheap
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mischievous, racy, risque, bad, sexy, juicy, gamey, gamy, spicy, blue, rogue, rascal, wicked, obscene, badass, lowlife
Translations
Every language
adj bad; tending to misbehave or act badly
| Español | travieso, maleducado, malcriado, maldoso, malulo, sajurín |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 장난꾸러기의 jangnankkureogiui |
| 日本語 | わんぱくな wanpaku-na, いたずらな itazura-na, やんちゃな yancha-na, 行儀が悪い gyōgi-ga warui |
| 中文 | 頑皮 /顽皮 wánpí, 淘氣 /淘气 táoqì, 調皮 /调皮 tiáopí |
| हिन्दी | नटखट naṭkhaṭ |
| Português | travesso, levado |
| Français | malicieux, malin, méchant, vilain |
| Deutsch | ungezogen, unartig, ungehorsam, dreist, frech |
| Italiano | birichino, furbetto, malizioso |
| Ελληνικά | άτακτος átaktos |
| Română | neastâmpărat, obraznic |
| Русский | озорно́й ozornój, непослу́шный neposlúšnyj, шаловли́вый šalovlívyj, шкодли́вый škodlívyj |
| Tiếng Việt | hư |
| العربية | غَيْر مُطِيع ḡayr muṭīʕ, شَقِيّ šaqiyy, شِرِّير širrīr, مُؤْذٍ muʔḏin |
| עברית | שׁוֹבָב shováv |
adj risqué, sexually suggestive
| Español | obsceno, picante, cachondo |
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| 日本語 | きわどい kiwadoi, みだらな midara-na, エッチな etchi-na |
| हिन्दी | नटखट naṭkhaṭ |
| Português | safado |
| Français | osé |
| Deutsch | frech, unanständig, versaut |
| Italiano | provocante, osceno |
| Română | deocheat |
| Русский | озорно́й ozornój, шаловли́вый šalovlívyj, бессты́жий besstýžij |
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title = {naughty},
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