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improper, iniquitous, peccant (culpable), perverse, reprehensible, reprobate
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Naughty @ 40 — Theatrical release poster Directed by Jagmohan Mundhra Produced by Anuj Sharma Kiran Sharma … Wikipedia
Naughty — Naugh ty, a. [Compar. {Naughtier}; superl. {Naughtiest}.] 1. Having little or nothing. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] [Men] that needy be and naughty, help them with thy goods. Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] 2. Worthless; bad; good for nothing. [Obs.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Naughty — may refer to: Naughty (album), an album by Chaka Khan Walter Hiers See also All pages beginning with Naughty Noughties, a slang name for the years 2000 to 2009 This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an … Wikipedia
naughty — (adj.) late 14c., naugti needy, having nothing, from O.E. nawiht (see NAUGHT (Cf. naught)) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Sense of wicked, evil, morally wrong is attested from 1520s; specific meaning sexually promiscuous is from 1869. The more tame main modern … Etymology dictionary
naughty — [adj1] bad, misbehaved annoying, badly behaved*, contrary, disobedient, disorderly, evil, exasperating, fiendish, fractious, froward, headstrong, impish, indecorous, insubordinate, intractable, mischievous, obstreperous, perverse, playful,… … New thesaurus
naughty — *bad, evil, ill, wicked Analogous words: mischievous, roguish, impish, waggish (see PLAYFUL): froward, balky, restive, wayward, *contrary, perverse … New Dictionary of Synonyms
naughty — ► ADJECTIVE (naughtier, naughtiest) 1) (especially of a child) disobedient; badly behaved. 2) informal mildly rude or indecent. DERIVATIVES naughtily adverb naughtiness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «possessing nothin … English terms dictionary
naughty — [nôt′ē] adj. naughtier, naughtiest [ME naugti: see NAUGHT] 1. Obs. wicked; bad; evil 2. not behaving properly; mischievous or disobedient: used esp. of children or their behavior 3. showing lack of decorum; improper, indelicate, or obscene SYN.… … English World dictionary
naughty — Used as a vocative element in Shakespeare, this word has the force of ‘a thing of naught’, something totally worthless. ‘Thou naughty varlet’, in Much Ado About Nothing (4:ii) or ‘thou naughty knave’, in Julius Caesar (l:i) is thus a serious… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
naughty — adj. 1) naughty of 2) naughty to + inf. (it was naughty to do that) * * * [ nɔːtɪ] naughty of naughty to + inf. (it was naughty to do that) … Combinatory dictionary
