naughty
Meaning
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- Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).
- Sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, risqué, cheeky.
- Evil, wicked, morally reprehensible.
- (obsolete) Bad, worthless, substandard.
Synonyms
do mischief
badly behaved
be rude
be troublesome
get up to mischief
over-familiar
be bad
over-bold
be hateful
be wicked
over-bearing
badly-behaved
be objectionable
cheeky ones
amuse oneself
Frequency
Hyphenated as
naugh‧ty
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈnɔːti/
Etymology
In summary
From late Middle English noughti, naughty (“evil, immoral, wicked”), from nought (“evil, immoral”) + -ī̆ (suffix forming adjectives). Analysable as naught + -y.
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