naughtiness

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noun

The state of being naughty.

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mischievousnessbadness
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Meanings

nounnaughtiness (countable and uncountable, plural naughtinesses)

plural naughtinesses

  1. uncountableThe state of being naughty.

    Opposite to exercise is idleness (the badge of gentry) or want of exercise, the bane of body and mind, the nurse of naughtiness, stepmother of discipline, the chief author of all mischief, one of the seven deadly sins, and a sole cause of this and many other maladies, the devil's cushion, […].

    1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Immoderate Exercise a cause, and how. Solitariness, Idleness”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy, Gutenberg edition, Project Gutenberg, published 2004, partition 1, section 2, member 2, subsection 6
  2. countableA naughty act.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan attribute of mischievous children

Similar
mischievousnessbadness
Broader
disobedience
Also see
badnessmischiefmischievousnessmonkey business

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From naughty + -ness.

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Translations

Turkish yaramazlık, yaramazlık
  • yaramazlıkthe quality or state of being naughty
  • yaramazlıka naughty act
Cite this entry
APA

naughtiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naughtiness

MLA

“naughtiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naughtiness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “naughtiness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naughtiness.

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