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naughty en · ADJ

Pronunciation

[ˈnɑɾi] (cot-caught-merger)
[ˈnɔɾi] without the cot–caught merger
/ˈnɔti/ without the cot–caught merger
/ˈnoːtɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
/ˈnɑti/ (cot-caught-merger)
/ˈnoːti/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
(US) audio cot-caught
/ˈnɔte/ (Scotland)
/ˈnɔːti/ (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Wales)

Etymology

From late Middle English noughti, naughty (“evil, immoral, wicked”), from nought (“evil, immoral”) + -ī̆ (suffix forming adjectives). Analysable as naught + -y.

Meanings

Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).
- Some naughty boys at school hid the teacher's lesson notes.
- Ding dong bell, The Cat is in the well. Who put her in, Little Johnny Green. What a naughty boy was that, To drown poor Puſſy Cat, Who never did him any harm, And kill'd the mice in his father's barn. 1795, Gammer Gurton's Garland, or, The Nursery Parnassus, Stockton: R. Christopher, page 25:
Sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, risqué, cheeky.
- I bought some naughty lingerie for my honeymoon.
- If I see you send another naughty email to your friends, you will be forbidden from using the computer!
(informal, of a treat) Decadent, had as indulgence, especially an unhealthy one.
- You knew I had to include at least one naughty chocolate smoothie, didn't you?! 2014 November 18, Amber Shea Crawley, Practically Raw: Flexible Raw Recipes Anyone Can Make, Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN:
(archaic) Evil, wicked, morally reprehensible.
- Meowky as naughty folks 1983, Namco, Mappy:
- Wholesome meats to a vitiated stomack differ little or nothing from unwholesome; and best books to a naughty mind are not unappliable to occasions of evill. 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC:
- my proneſſe to ſinne, and naughty appetites and desires, woulde drawe me headlong to the pitte of hell 1589, John Bucke, Instructions for the Use of the Beades:
- A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 17:4:
- […]How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
(obsolete) Bad, worthless, substandard.
- In Cornwall is two speches, the one is naughty Englysshe, and the other is Cornysshe speche. 1542, Andrew Boorde, The First Boke of the Introduction of Knowledge:
- One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 24:2:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
noughty		alternative	lexicographic
naughtiest	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
naughtier	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

Translations (154)

sv stygg (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · pl nieposłuszny (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · nl gewaagd (risqué, sexually suggestive) · tr çapkın (risqué, sexually suggestive) · ru озорно́й (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · de frech (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · bg немирен (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · es maleducado (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · hi नटखट (risqué, sexually suggestive) · no frekk (risqué, sexually suggestive) · de ungehorsam (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · la improbus (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · hu csintalan (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · mk палав (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · nl ondeugend (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · it malizioso (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · vi hư (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · de ungezogen (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · it provocante (risqué, sexually suggestive) · es malulo (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · ja いたずらな (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · hi नटखट (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · sh neumesan (risqué, sexually suggestive) · hu rakoncátlan (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · ro obraznic (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · hu pajzán (risqué, sexually suggestive) · ar شِرِّير (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · el άτακτος (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · cs oplzlý (risqué, sexually suggestive) · fa آلپر (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · az yaramaz (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · pl niegrzeczny (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · fr malicieux (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · de dreist (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · hu sikamlós (risqué, sexually suggestive) · cs nezbedný (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · fi ilkeä (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · pt safado (risqué, sexually suggestive) · mk непослушен (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · cs choulostivý (risqué, sexually suggestive) · ru шаловли́вый (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · es travieso (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · ko 장난꾸러기의 (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · id nakal (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · hu pikáns (risqué, sexually suggestive) · ja きわどい (risqué, sexually suggestive) · sh opsen (risqué, sexually suggestive) · ja わんぱくな (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · ru озорно́й (risqué, sexually suggestive) · fi tuhma (risqué, sexually suggestive) · ro deocheat (risqué, sexually suggestive) · de unanständig (risqué, sexually suggestive) · hu dévaj (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · hu helytelen (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · mi rawemākoi (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · es obsceno (risqué, sexually suggestive) · sh pikantan (risqué, sexually suggestive) · nl vuil (risqué, sexually suggestive) · tr haşarı (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · fi tuhma (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · it birichino (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · pdt goaschtrich (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · bg невъзпитан (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · tr haylaz (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · fr osé (risqué, sexually suggestive) · cmn 調皮 /调皮 (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · be непаслухмя́ны (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · ca entremaliat (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · es cachondo (risqué, sexually suggestive) · da slem (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · ca trapella (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · de unartig (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · ga dalba (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · da fræk (risqué, sexually suggestive) · eo fia (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · pt levado (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · bo སྒྲིག་ཉེས་པོ (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · hu csintalan (risqué, sexually suggestive) · gd crosta (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · ja 行儀が悪い (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · es picante (risqué, sexually suggestive) · nl ondeugend (risqué, sexually suggestive) · hu huncut (risqué, sexually suggestive) · lv nerātns (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · uk неслухня́ний (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · mk немирен (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · de frech (risqué, sexually suggestive) · no uskikkelig (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · hu csibész (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · cs nestoudný (risqué, sexually suggestive) · es malcriado (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · hu huncut (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · it osceno (risqué, sexually suggestive) · tl pilyo (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · kix ūkhīeh (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · nl gedurfd (risqué, sexually suggestive) · uli haddabiug (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · it furbetto (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · nn rampete (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · fr méchant (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · cs zlobivý (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · tl makulit (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · fa الپر (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · ru бессты́жий (risqué, sexually suggestive) · hu obszcén (risqué, sexually suggestive) · bg непослушен (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · ar غَيْر مُطِيع (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · ru непослу́шный (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · tr yaramaz (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · hu pajkos (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · ar مُؤْذٍ (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · fr malin (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · yue 曳 (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · gl piardeiro (risqué, sexually suggestive) · fa تخس (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · mk палав (risqué, sexually suggestive) · hu helytelen (risqué, sexually suggestive) · ru шкодли́вый (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · cs nestydatý (risqué, sexually suggestive) · da uartig (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · ka ცელქი (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · ja みだらな (risqué, sexually suggestive) · ru шаловли́вый (risqué, sexually suggestive) · eo petola (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · th ซน (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · es sajurín (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · pl psotny (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · th ดื้อ (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · pt travesso (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · hu rossz (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · kea abuzadu (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · ckb ناڕەحەت (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · cmn 頑皮 /顽皮 (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · ro neastâmpărat (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · tr yaramaz (risqué, sexually suggestive) · tr bacaksız (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · fr vilain (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · cs neposlušný (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · mi haututū (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · no uforskamma (risqué, sexually suggestive) · cmn 淘氣 /淘气 (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · hu illetlen (risqué, sexually suggestive) · kea abuzóde (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · ja エッチな (risqué, sexually suggestive) · es maldoso (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · da uartig (risqué, sexually suggestive) · he שׁוֹבָב (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · nl brutaal (risqué, sexually suggestive) · ja やんちゃな (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · de versaut (risqué, sexually suggestive) · ar شَقِيّ (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · ml വികൃതി (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · hy չար (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly) · nl stout (bad; tending to misbehave or act badly)

naughty en · ADJ

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