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
Wonders leads the cast of naughty teens as Ava, who returns to Southport to celebrate the engagement of her best pal.
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EW.com, 19 July 2025
Frank gives me just the wonderful opportunity to be naughty.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
In other news, water is wet and the Islanders are naughty.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 21 June 2025
The Renaissance’s old love language — the naughty puns, the sighs of longing and strategies of seduction, the paeans to the beauty of beloveds masked by fanciful Greek and Latin names — had grown obsolete long before Millay’s time.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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EW.com, 19 July 2025
Frank gives me just the wonderful opportunity to be naughty.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
In other news, water is wet and the Islanders are naughty.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 21 June 2025
The Renaissance’s old love language — the naughty puns, the sighs of longing and strategies of seduction, the paeans to the beauty of beloveds masked by fanciful Greek and Latin names — had grown obsolete long before Millay’s time.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for naughty
Adjective
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But the palm-sized toy bears holds the same mischievous grin and soft fur that made the original go mind-bogglingly viral.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
24 Aug. 2025
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His joyful, mischievous stage presence is enough reason to go.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Recent research shows that executives using generative AI made significantly worse predictions than those who relied on traditional deliberation methods.—
Luis E. Romero,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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But that will be despite a really shaky offensive line — and Cincy’s defense might be as bad as Joe Cool is good.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Naughty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naughty. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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