Naughty
['nɔːtɪ] or ['nɔti]
Definition
(superl.) Having little or nothing.
(superl.) Worthless; bad; good for nothing.
(superl.) hence, corrupt; wicked.
(superl.) Mischievous; perverse; froward; guilty of disobedient or improper conduct; as, a naughty child.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Wicked, bad, corrupt, sinful.[2]. Perverse, froward, mischievous.
Editor: Whitney
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Worthless, vile, corrupt, bad, froward, refractory, wicked, perverse
ANT:Worthy, good, precious, pure, docile, tractable, well-behaved
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Definition
adj. bad in conduct or speech: mischievous: perverse: disagreeable.—adv. Naught′ily.—n. Naught′iness.
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Examples
- You naughty, wicked child,--you've been stealing this! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I wonder what sort of a girl she is--whether good or naughty. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- If she had been in great pain one would have excused it, but she only wanted to bring us all here: I know her naughty tricks. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Give 'em to me and get back into your corner, you naughty old thing! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Oh, I have been a naughty and undutiful child! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I'd rather you wouldn't, said Meg, taking a naughty satisfaction in trying her lover's patience and her own power. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Shirley is as naughty as ever, Robert. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She doted on her eldest son and her youngest girl (a child of six), whom others thought her two naughtiest children. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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