naughty
adjective
[ ˈnɔːti ]
• (especially of a child) badly behaved; disobedient.
• "you've been a really naughty boy"
• mildly rude or indecent, typically because related to sex.
• "naughty goings-on"
Similar:
indecent,
risqué,
rude,
racy,
ribald,
bawdy,
broad,
spicy,
suggestive,
titillating,
improper,
indelicate,
indecorous,
off colour,
vulgar,
dirty,
filthy,
smutty,
crude,
offensive,
salacious,
coarse,
obscene,
lewd,
pornographic,
X-rated,
blue,
raunchy,
fruity,
near the knuckle,
saucy,
gamy,
adult,
• wicked.
Similar:
badly behaved,
disobedient,
bad,
misbehaved,
misbehaving,
wayward,
defiant,
unruly,
insubordinate,
wilful,
self-willed,
delinquent,
undisciplined,
unmanageable,
uncontrollable,
ungovernable,
unbiddable,
disorderly,
disruptive,
mutinous,
fractious,
refractory,
recalcitrant,
errant,
wild,
wicked,
obstreperous,
difficult,
troublesome,
awkward,
contrary,
perverse,
attention-seeking,
exasperating,
incorrigible,
bad-mannered,
rude,
impolite,
mischievous,
full of mischief,
playful,
impish,
roguish,
puckish,
rascally,
prankish,
tricksy,
brattish,
scampish,
gallus,
contumacious,
Origin:
late Middle English: from naught + -y1. The earliest recorded sense was ‘possessing nothing’; the sense ‘wicked’ also dates from late Middle English, and gave rise to the current senses.
