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How to pronounce naughtiness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms badness, mischievousness
Type of disobedience
Has types prankishness, rascality, roguishness
Derivation naughty

Examples of naughtiness

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A neon by her in No 10 can only signal youth, glamour, and a dash of naughtiness.
From the guardian.co.uk
Florida State was accused of occasional off-field naughtiness during his reign.
From the usatoday.com
Now it's time to revel in some decadent naughtiness leading up to New Year's Eve.
From the denverpost.com
Is this just naughtiness, you ask yourself, or is it a symptom of mental illness?
From the newscientist.com
Sports fans could find that too little of such naughtiness is worse than too much.
From the economist.com
My cat's appetite for naughtiness leads to swallowing things she shouldn't.
From the washingtonpost.com
So I think it's the naughtiness of it she cares about, not the actual pen.
From the mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com
For 10 years now these cheeky afterwords have raised naughtiness to new levels of wit.
From the guardian.co.uk
Lisa Medford, a pioneer of naughtiness on the Strip, is still on her game.
From the latimes.com
More examples
  • An attribute of mischievous children
  • (naughty) blue: suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"
  • (naughty) badly behaved; "a naughty boy"
  • (Naughty (album)) Naughty is the second solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1980.
  • (naughty) bad; tending to misbehave or act badly; risque: flirting with impropriety and/or bad taste; morally dubious, especially sexually suggestive, usually in a mild way; evil, wicked, morally vicious; bad, worthless, good for nothing
  • (Naughty) When I was young, my granny called me Naughty Auty. I can't imagine why.
  • (Naughty) one of many Australian terms for having sex.
  • (naughty) adj (bad) malbon(et)a, (doesn't behave) malobeemaKr, (doing pranks) petolaJW