Naughtiness
['nɔ:tinis]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being naughty; perverseness; badness; wickedness.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Wickedness, vice, badness, iniquity.[2]. Perverseness, frowardness.
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Examples
- I'm afraid I couldn't like him without a spice of human naughtiness. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- No billiards, no smoking, no naughtiness! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Her small virtues were so sweet that she would have been quite angelic if a few small naughtinesses had not kept her delightfully human. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Typist: Randall