naughty in English: Behaving badly and not obeying; used mostly about children, in a soft, not serious way. (adjective)

Translation

Behaving badly and not obeying; used mostly about children, in a soft, not serious way.

Word origin

From naught, meaning nothing, from Old English nawiht. A naughty person first had nothing, then was worth nothing, then simply behaved badly.

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"Naughty" is a soft word for badly behaved.

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The pattern "naughty of you" gently blames someone for a small bad act.

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The famous pair; naughty is the opposite of nice here.

bad

Not good; of low quality, or causing harm or trouble.

child

A young person who is not yet grown up, or someone's son or daughter.

good

Of a high quality, nice, or the way you want it to be.

rude

Not kind or polite; speaking or acting in a way that upsets other people.

behave

To act in a certain way, above all to act in a good and polite way.

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