English Dictionary
Definition of “naughty”
naughty (ˈnɔːtɪ
)
Definitions
adjective
- (esp of children or their behaviour) mischievous or disobedient; bad
- mildly indecent; titillating
noun
- Australian New Zealand slang an act of sexual intercourse
Alternative Forms
ˈnaughtily adverb ˈnaughtiness noun Word Origin
C14 (originally: needy, of poor quality): from naught
Synonyms
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disobedient,
bad,
mischievous,
badly behaved
wayward,
playful,
wicked,
sinful,
fractious,
misbehaved,
impish,
roguish,
refractory,
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obscene,
blue,
vulgar,
improper,
lewd,
risqué,
X-rated,
bawdy,
smutty,
off-colour,
ribald,
Translations
- British English:
naughty
You say that small children are naughty when they behave badly.You're being very naughty.ˈnɔːtɪ ADJECTIVE You're being very naughty.
- Spanish:
pícaro
adj pícara
- French:
coquin
adj
- German:
ungezogen
adj
- Chinese: 顽皮的 adj
- Arabic: مُؤْذٍ adj
- Portuguese: travesso adj travessa
- Russian: непослушный adj непослушная
- Croatian: nestašan adj nestašna
- Czech: zlobivý adj
- Danish: uartig adj
- Dutch: stout adj
- Finnish: tuhma adj
- Greek: άτακτος adj άτακτη
- Italian: birichino adj birichina
- Japanese: 腕白な no_posp
- Korean: 말썽꾸러기인 adj
- Norwegian: slem adj
- Polish: niegrzeczny adj niegrzeczna
- Brazilian Portuguese: travesso adj travessa
- European Spanish:
pícaro
adj pícara
- Swedish: stygg adj styggt
- Thai: ซุกซน adj
- Turkish: yaramaz adj
- Vietnamese: nghịch ngợm adj
Usage examples
I have the feeling you've been a naughty girl very recently.
Mark Burnell, CHAMELEON (2002)He's just a naughty , little baby who needs extra attention.
India Today (1999)I'm mentioned, sometimes as being naughty but never for long.
Edmonton Sun (2003)Some people in this pose would look sex kittenish; Gray has more of the naughty schoolboy about him.
Glasgow Herald (2001)This is encouraged when the child's father says, `You have been a naughty boy today, getting your mummy upset.
Irwin, Ann, Stammering in Young Children (1988)
