NAUGHTY

naughty

(adjective) badly behaved; “a naughty boy”

blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

naughty (comparative naughtier, superlative naughtiest)

Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child). [from 17th c.]

Sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, risqué, cheeky. [from 19th c.]

(now rare, archaic) Evil, wicked, morally reprehensible. [from 15th c.]

(obsolete) Bad, worthless, substandard. [16th-19th c.]

Synonyms

• (immoral, sexually provocative): dirty

• (mischievous): mischievous

Antonyms

• (immoral; cheeky): nice

Source: Wiktionary

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Naugh"ty, a. [Compar. Naughtier; superl. Naughtiest.]

1. Having little or nothing. [Obs.] [Men] that needy be and naughty, help them with thy goods. Piers Plowman.

2. Worthless; bad; good for nothing. [Obs.] The other basket had very naughty figs. Jer. xxiv. 2.

3. hence, corrupt; wicked. [Archaic] So shines a good deed in a naughty world. Shak.

4. Mischievous; perverse; froward; guilty of disobedient or improper conduct; as, a naughty child.

Note: This word is now seldom used except in the latter sense, as applied to children, or in sportive censure.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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