as in mischievous
engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior
told her to act her age and stop throwing temper tantrums like a naughty little girl
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Recent Examples of naughty
The players even ranked which of their teammates were on the naughty or nice list this year.
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Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 25 Dec. 2024
The eye-catching jacket—with an assist from the leopard print bag—gave Moss’s ladylike outfit a naughty edge.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
The naughty version pours sugar into your gas tank and rats you out to the IRS.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
Making things worse, someone out there was naughty, preventing Santa from conducting his typical year-end rally in the stock market.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2025
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Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 25 Dec. 2024
The eye-catching jacket—with an assist from the leopard print bag—gave Moss’s ladylike outfit a naughty edge.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
The naughty version pours sugar into your gas tank and rats you out to the IRS.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
Making things worse, someone out there was naughty, preventing Santa from conducting his typical year-end rally in the stock market.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Naughty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naughty. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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