naughty (redirected from naughties)

naugh·ty  (nôt)

adj. naugh·ti·er, naugh·ti·est

1. Behaving disobediently or mischievously: a naughty child.

2. Indecent; improper: a naughty wink.

3. Archaic Wicked; immoral.

n. pl. naugh·ties

One that is naughty.

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[Middle English noughti, wicked, from nought, nothing, evil, from Old English nwiht, nothing; see naught.]

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naughti·ly adv.

naughti·ness n.

Word History: The word naughty at one time was an all-purpose word similar to bad. During the 16th century one could use naughty to mean "unhealthy, unpleasant, bad (with respect to weather), vicious (of an animal), inferior, or bad in quality" (one could say "very naughtie figes" or "naughty corrupt water"). All of these senses have disappeared, however, and naughty is now used mainly in contexts involving mischief or indecency. This recalls its early days in Middle English (with the form noughti), when the word was restricted to the senses "evil, hostile, ineffectual, and needy." Middle English noughti, first recorded in the last quarter of the 14th century, was derived from nought, which primarily meant "nothing" but was also used as a noun meaning "evil" and as an adjective meaning such things as "immoral, weak, useless." Thus naughty, in a sense, has risen from nothing, but its fortunes used to be better than they are at present.

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naughty

Adjective

[-tier, -tiest]

1. (of children) mischievous or disobedient

2. mildly indecent: naughty lingerie [(originally: needy, poor) from naught]

naughtily adv
naughtiness n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	naughty - 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" gamey, gamy, risque, spicy, racy, juicy, blue sexy - marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes"
	2.	naughty - badly behaved; "a naughty boy" bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"

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naughty

adjective 1. disobedient, bad, mischievous, badly behaved, wayward, playful, wicked, sinful, fractious, impish, roguish, refractory << OPPOSITE good

adjective 2. obscene, blue, vulgar, improper, lewd, risqué, X-rated (informal) bawdy, smutty, off-colour, ribald << OPPOSITE clean

Translations

naughty [ˈnɔːtɪ] adj [child] → travieso; [story, film] → picante, escabroso, colorado (LAM)

naughty [ˈnɔːtɪ] adj [child] → vilain(e) → pas sage; [story, film] → grivois(e)

naughty [ˈnɔːtɪ] adj (child) → unartig, ungezogen;

(story, film, words) → unanständig

naughty [ˈnɔːtɪ] adj [child] → birichino/a, cattivello/a; [story, film] → spinto/a

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naughty

adj naughty [ˈnoːti]

(usually of children) badly-behaved a naughty boy; It is naughty to kick other children.stoutشِرّير، رَديء، غَيْر مُطيعнепослушенuličnický, zlobivýuartigungezogenάτακτοςtraviesoulakasبدذاتtuhmavilainשוֹבָבदुष्ट, शरारतीneodgojen,neposlušanpajkos, haszontalan, rossznakalóþekkurcattivo, discolo腕白な장난꾸러기인, 개구쟁이인išdykęs, nepaklusnus, nepadorusnerātns; nepaklausīgsnakalondeugendslem, uskikkelig, uartigniegrzecznytravessoobraznic; urâtозорнойnezbedný, nevychovanýporedennestašanstygg, elakซุกซนyaramaz, kötü淘氣的неслухняний, вередливийشريرnghịch ngợm淘气的

adv ˈnaughtily

ondeundبِصورَةٍ شِرّيرَهневъзпитаноdarebácky, uličnickyuartigtungezogenάτακταmal, con maliciaüleannetultاز روی شیطنتilkeästiavec maliceבְּשוֹבבוּתशरारतपनzločest,neodgojenhaszontalanuldengan nakaldónalega; óþekktarlega(con malizia)腕白で개구쟁이처럼nepaklusniai, nepadoriainerātni; nepaklausīgisecara nakalondeugendslemt, uskikkeligniegrzecznietravessamenteobraznicозорноnezbedneporednonestašnostyggt, elaktอย่างไม่เชื่อฟังyaramazca, haylazlıkla頑皮地неслухняно, вередливоشرارت سےmột cách nghịch ngợm顽皮地

n ˈnaughtiness

ondeundheidتَصَرُّف شِرّيرнепослушаниеdarebáctví, nezbednostuartigheddie Ungezogenheitη ιδιότητα του να είναι κπ. άτακτοςtravesurasõnakuulmatusشرارتilkeysmauvaise conduiteשוֹבְבוּתशरारतपनneposlušnostneveletlen viselkedéskenakalanóþekktindisciplinaやんちゃ짓궂음nepaklusnumas, nepadorumasnerātnība; nepaklausībakenakalanondeugendheiduskikkelighetniegrzeczne postępowanie/zachowanietravessuraobrăznicieозорствоnezbednosťporednostnestašnoststygghet, elakhetการดื้อดึงyaramazlık, haylazlık頑皮неслухняністьشرارتtính tinh nghịch顽皮