Dictionary Entry
Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).
In a Sentence
“Some naughty boys at school hid the teacher's lesson notes.”
Origin
Origin details are still being enriched for this entry.
Common Phrases
Poetry examples for “naughty”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →When her gentle face you find,
Kiss it softly, naughty wind.
Read full poem →There was, indeed, in far less polish’d days,
A time, when rough rude man had naughty ways,
Would swagger, swear, get drunk, kick up a riot,
Read full poem →Punch on his recovery, "I will come by the road--in a broom-gharri.
This is a very naughty ship."
Read full poem →buplap: tex tuned voice! amo The. mack ling =a
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Read full poem →"I do wonder,
Thou naughty gaoler, that thou art so fond
To come abroad with him at his request;"
Read full poem →They hoot with horrid noise
And eat the naughty mousie-girls
And wicked mousie-boys.