naughty
pronunciation
How to pronounce naughty in British English:
UK [ˈnɔːti]
How to pronounce naughty in American English:
US [ˈnɔːti]
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- Adjective:
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- badly behaved
Word Origin
- naughty (adj.)
- late 14c., naugti "needy, having nothing," from Old English nawiht (see naught) + -y (2). Sense of "wicked, evil, morally wrong" is attested from 1520s; specific meaning "sexually promiscuous" is from 1869. The more tame main modern sense of "disobedient" (especially of children) is attested from 1630s. Related: Naughtily; naughtiness. A woman of bad character c. 1530-1750 might be called a naughty pack (also sometimes of men and later of children).
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Example
- 1. Daniel : dear mom , please pemit of superman 's naughty .
- 2. He had a naughty schoolboy 's gleeful disregard for rules .
- 3. Be a bright person who is stupide only when he is naughty .
- 4. In britain it is the bogeyman that comes to take away naughty children .
- 5. The save : so gibbo 's been a naughty boy and had some filthy , expletive-peppered rants splashed all over the news .