Definizione monolingua

naughty

naughty (comparative naughtier, superlative naughtiest)

1. (now rare, archaic) Evil, wicked, morally reprehensible. [from 15th c.]
   • 1623, William Shakespeare, First Folio, The Merchant of Venice:

     So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

   • 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:

     Wholesome meats to a vitiated stomack differ little or nothing from unwholesome; and best books to a naughty mind are not unappliable to occasions of evill.

   Such as be intemperant, that is, followers of their naughty appetites and lusts. — Udall.

2. Immoral, sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, risqué, cheeky. [from 16th c.]

   I bought some naughty lingerie for my honeymoon.

   If I see you send another naughty email to your friends, you will be forbidden from using the computer!

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

   One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. — Jeremiah 24:2, American King James Bible.

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

   Some naughty boys at school hid the teachers lesson notes.

Definizione dizionario naughty

	birichino
	bad; tending to misbehave or act badly

cattivo

impertinente

indecente

volgare

Altri significati:

(archaic) evil, wicked, morally vicious

risque: flirting with impropriety and/or bad taste, especially sexually suggestive

risque: flirting with impropriety and/or bad taste; morally dubious, especially sexually suggestive, usually in a mild way.

bad; tending to misbehave or act badly.