Definitions for naughty
ˈnɔ tinaughty

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicyadjective

   suggestive of sexual impropriety

   "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"

2. naughtyadjective

   badly behaved

   "a naughty boy"

Wiktionary(2.50 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. naughtyadjective

   Evil, wicked, morally reprehensible.

2. naughtyadjective

   Immoral, sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, risqué, cheeky.

3. naughtyadjective

   Bad, worthless, substandard.

   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. uE000182034uE001 Jeremiah 24:2, American King James Bible.

4. naughtyadjective

   Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).

   Some naughty boys at school hid the teacher's lesson notes.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Naughtyadjective

   1. Bad; wicked; corrupt.

   A prince of great courage and beauty, but fostered up in blood by his naughty father. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   These naughty times
   Put bars between the owners and their rights. William Shakespeare.

   How far that little candle throws his beams!
   So shines a good deed in a naughty world. William Shakespeare.

   2. It is now seldom used but in ludicrous censure.

   If gentle slumbers on thy temples creep,
   But naughty man, thou dost not mean to sleep,
   Betake thee to thy bed. Dryden.

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Naughty

   having little or nothing

2. Naughty

   worthless; bad; good for nothing

3. Naughty

   hence, corrupt; wicked

4. Naughty

   mischievous; perverse; froward; guilty of disobedient or improper conduct; as, a naughty child

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Naughty

   nawt′i, adj. bad in conduct or speech: mischievous: perverse: disagreeable.—adv. Naught′ily.—n. Naught′iness.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'naughty' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2637

How to pronounce naughty?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of naughty in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of naughty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of naughty in a Sentence

1. Christian Bale:

   Moses is such an intense character that you need to have a little break from him, so we'd always 'look on the bright side of life', thinking 'He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy'. It just helped me.

2. Sacha Sadan:

   It's a much more sophisticated debate, just putting( some firms) in the naughty corner and having a go at them is not going to solve the problem.

3. Paul Selva:

   I don't have a complete intelligence report, senator, but I understand that the reindeer have been in fact fed their quantity of oats and are prepared for the delivery of all of those gifts to those who have been nice and not naughty.

4. Unknown:

   Be happy Be supportive Be Naughty Be just like the way you are But don't get bored.

5. John Hickenlooper:

   I promised, I called a friend in Philadelphia -- and... we didn't know what an X-movie was. We thought it was a little naughty, but we didn't think it was that bad, you've got ta understand, I was 18 years old.

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