Definitions for naughty
ˈnɔ tinaughty

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy(adj)

   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. naughty(adj)

   badly behaved

   "a naughty boy"

Wiktionary(2.50 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. naughty(Adjective)

   Evil, wicked, morally reprehensible.

2. naughty(Adjective)

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

3. naughty(Adjective)

   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. naughty(Adjective)

   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

How to pronounce naughty?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say naughty in sign language?

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. Christian Bale:

   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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Eric Predoehl:

   First and foremost, it's a real easy song to play. Second, it's got a great beat. Third, it's got a lot of notoriety, meaning it must be naughty, so it must be fun.

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