单词 | naughty |
释义 | naughty (once / 818 pages) 1adj 2adj Naughty describes someone — or someone’s pet — who is disobedient, bad, rascally, or otherwise poorly behaved. You might remember the word naughty by the way it sounds; think of it as containing the sound "not" as in "Naughty is what you get called when you get caught doing something you were NOT supposed to do!" While naughtiness may be in the eye of the beholder, every human culture seems to have its own version of naughty. For instance, those who celebrate Christmas and want to be on Santa’s “nice” list better avoid any naughty behaviors! WORD FAMILYnaughty: naughtier, naughtiest, naughtily, naughtiness+/naughtiness: naughtinesses USAGE EXAMPLESIf you are not a smoker, think about whether you have any regular spends or naughty habits that you could cut back on. BBC(Nov 30, 2016) It’s about the fun of being naughty, the kind of puerile fun little bullies have. Salon(Nov 27, 2016) “Bad Santa 2,” starring Billy Bob Thornton as a debauched Kriss Kringle, went straight to moviegoers’ naughty list. Wall Street Journal(Nov 27, 2016) 1 adj badly behaved 2a naughty boy Syn bad having undesirable or negative qualities adj suggestive of sexual impropriety a naughty wink naughty words Syn blue, gamey, gamy, juicy, racy, risque, spicy sexy marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest |
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