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
Park Station is now open on the island a few blocks from the beach, serving suds, live music and kind-of-naughty comfort food.
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Now, the hit show is getting a naughty makeover as a musical.
—Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Spencer crafts a delightful enemies-to-lovers romp with enough naughty tennis and pickleball puns to fill a ball machine.
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
There’s rushing water, too, which is anything but naughty.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Now, the hit show is getting a naughty makeover as a musical.
—Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Spencer crafts a delightful enemies-to-lovers romp with enough naughty tennis and pickleball puns to fill a ball machine.
—EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
There’s rushing water, too, which is anything but naughty.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for naughty
Recent Examples of Synonyms for naughty
Adjective
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During the preview, a mischievous group of young diplodocus splash in the water around a pair of kayaking guests, while other juveniles like the triceratops are more cautious in nature, choosing to stick close to their parents.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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The characters are bright, marionette-like caricatures whom the author constructs and moves ostentatiously in full view of the reader, revealing his artistic devices with a sense of absurd, mischievous humor.—
Nelly Klos
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Many of the people opining and whining about how this moment could be as bad or worse than the 2000 bust are uninformed or ahistorical.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
28 Sep. 2025
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Thankfully, my passport wasn’t stolen, nor was it stranded somewhere in the middle of the rainforest (my worst fear at the time).—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Naughty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naughty. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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