Meaning

5 senses
  1. Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).

    Some naughty boys at school hid the teacher's lesson notes.

    ungezogen, unartig, ungehorsam

    озорно́йozornój, непослу́шныйneposlúšnyj, шаловли́выйšalovlívyj

    неслухня́нийnesluxnjányj

  2. Sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, risqué, cheeky.

    I bought some naughty lingerie for my honeymoon.

    If I see you send another naughty email to your friends, you will be forbidden from using the computer!

    frech, unanständig, versaut

    озорно́йozornój, шаловли́выйšalovlívyj, бессты́жийbesstýžij

  3. (informal)Decadent, had as indulgence, especially an unhealthy one.

  4. (archaic)Evil, wicked, morally reprehensible.

  5. (obsolete)Bad, worthless, substandard.

More definitions
  • badly behaved
  • suggestive of sexual impropriety

Examples

116 sentences
  1. Tom has been very naughty.

    Том дуже неслухняний.

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  2. You're a very naughty boy.

    Ти дуже неслухняний хлопчик.

    ruТы весьма шаловливый мальчик.

    deDu bist wirklich ein ganz Junge.

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  3. Tom is naughty.

    Том неслухняний.

    ruТом озорник.

    deTom ist ungezogen.

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  4. Tom isn't naughty.

    Том не неслухняний.

    ruТом не капризный.

    deTom ist nicht unartig.

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  5. I was naughty.

    Я був неслухняний.

    deIch war ungezogen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
bad; tending to misbehave or act badly:
Русский
By meaning 2
bad; tending to misbehave or act badly:
risqué, sexually suggestive:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
bad; tending to misbehave or act badly:
risqué, sexually suggestive:

Origin

From late Middle English noughti, naughty (“evil, immoral, wicked”), from nought (“evil, i

From late Middle English noughti, naughty (“evil, immoral, wicked”), from nought (“evil, immoral”) + -ī̆ (suffix forming adjectives). Analysable as naught + -y.

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Forms

naughtier, naughtiest
Comparativenaughtier Lesson
Superlativenaughtiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

285 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • a naughty boy
  • naughty boy
  • was very naughty
  • been a naughty

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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