Naught
[nɔːt] or [nɔt]
Definition
(adv.) Nothing.
(adv.) The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See Cipher.
(adv.) In no degree; not at all.
(a.) Of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless.
(a.) Hence, vile; base; naughty.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Nothing, nought.
a. Worthless, bad, of no value.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Nothing
ANT:Aught, anything, everything
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Definition
n. no-whit nothing.—adv. in no degree.—adj. of no value or account: worthless: bad.—Be naught an obsolete form of malediction; Come to naught to come to nothing to fail; Set at naught to treat as of no account to despise.
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Examples
- Oh, I know naught of the work-a-day world! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- There was naught to do other than seek a new avenue of escape. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Oh, if you are for high notions and double-refined sentiment, I've naught to say. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If the authority of the king's officers is set at naught, we must have the riot act read. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I promise ye naught and I advise ye naught; but I bid ye keep your heart up, and be guided by circumstances. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was a pity that so many weeks of dreary labor should have come to naught at last. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Yes, she replied, naught that passes in the world we have left is unknown here. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He deeply regretted his not being of age, that he might immediately make me his wife, and then naught could separate us save death. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- To the triumphant the downtrodden can say, It is naught in the sight of the true gods. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Madame Defarge was not likely to follow these idiomatic remarks in detail; but, she so far understood them as to perceive that she was set at naught. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- There could be naught of cruelty or baseness beneath that godlike exterior. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Some would have whipt on faster; but I've naught to fear that I know of. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Smooth naught down. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Will you tak naught yourseln, Mr. Moore? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There is naught like her in these days. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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