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What is the adjective for naughty?

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naughty
  1. Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child). [from 17th c.]
  2. (now rare, archaic) Evil, wicked, morally reprehensible. [from 15th c.]
  3. (obsolete) Bad, worthless, substandard. [16th-19th c.]
  4. Synonyms:
      5. bad, disobedient, mischievous, wayward, misbehaving, fractious, insubordinate, misbehaved, unruly, contrary, defiant, disorderly, errant, refractory, ungovernable, unmanageable, delinquent, disruptive, exasperating, obstreperous, perverse, playful, recalcitrant, unbiddable, uncontrollable, undisciplined, wilful, difficult, impish, mutinous, troublesome, wild, awkward, impolite, incorrigible, rascally, roguish, rude, wicked, annoying, brattish, froward, intractable, prankish, puckish, scampish, sinful, tricksy, contumacious, fiendish … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “My parents started calling me a naughty boy because I refused to eat my Brussels sprouts.”
      “Firstly, I must apologize if I inadvertently use any naughty words during my speech.”
      “My brother, being the great raconteur that he is, would entertain us with stories of his naughty antics from school, then later, from work.”
naughtiest
  1. superlative form of naughty: most naughty; most naughty.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. baddest, unruliest, perversest, playfullest, wilfullest, difficultest, wildest, awkwardest, impolitest, rudest, wickedest, tricksiest, rowdiest, wantonest, evillest, roughest, toughest, most disobedient, most mischievous, most wayward, most fractious, most insubordinate, most contrary, most defiant, most disorderly, most errant, most refractory, most ungovernable, most unmanageable, most delinquent, most disruptive, most exasperating, most obstreperous, most recalcitrant, most unbiddable, most uncontrollable, most undisciplined, most impish, most mutinous, most troublesome, most rascally, most roguish, most annoying, most brattish, most froward, most intractable, most prankish, most puckish, most scampish, most sinful … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “His charm worked and he slowly won over even the naughtiest of students, who admit he is tough but fair.”
      “She doted on her eldest son and her youngest girl, whom others thought her two naughtiest children.”
      “Tom Parry makes his much-anticipated debut as a stand-up, although he is already a well-known Edinburgh face thanks to his years as the naughtiest one in the excellent sketch troupe Pappy's and their BBC3 sitcom Badults.”
naughtier
  1. comparative form of naughty: more naughty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. badder, unrulier, perverser, playfuller, wilfuller, difficulter, wilder, awkwarder, impoliter, ruder, wickeder, tricksier, rowdier, wantoner, eviller, rougher, tougher, more disobedient, more mischievous, more wayward, more fractious, more insubordinate, more contrary, more defiant, more disorderly, more errant, more refractory, more ungovernable, more unmanageable, more delinquent, more disruptive, more exasperating, more obstreperous, more recalcitrant, more unbiddable, more uncontrollable, more undisciplined, more impish, more mutinous, more troublesome, more rascally, more roguish, more annoying, more brattish, more froward, more intractable, more prankish, more puckish, more scampish, more sinful … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I feel sorry for them, really sorry, but reflexively pick up my pace, and head for the even naughtier Underground.”
      “The All-New 2011 Volvo S60: the Volvo driving experience just got a whole lot naughtier.”
      “Lord Henry, by contrast, emerges unscathed, his talk naughtier than his walk.”
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