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.

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

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   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. Helen Baxendale:

   When I was a child there was a TVprogram and a series of booksabout a really naughty girl calledMarmalade Atkins. I always likedthat name, it seems sweet butmischievous and a bit spiky.

2. Larry Craig:

   Or the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Speaking on NBC's Meet The Press, Craig told Tim Russert: "The American people already know that Bill Clinton is a bad boy - a naughty boy. I’m going to speak out for the citizens of my state, who in the majority think that Bill Clinton is probably even a nasty, bad, naughty boy.”

3. Eman Joharjy:

   It is protection, it protects us from the sun and naughty guys.

4. Ihor Dusaniwsky:

   We are seeing short sellers hold and build their positions in the hopes of making back some of their losses hoping for a year-end swoon in Tesla’s stock price, by the beginning of 2021 we should be able to see whether it’s the Tesla longs or Tesla shorts that are on Santa’s naughty or nice lists.

5. The British-born Avner:

   However, I never threw away those scribbles. I confess I was naughty.

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