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Difference Between Naughty and Haughty

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Naughty

(especially of a child) badly behaved; disobedient
You've been a really naughty boy

Haughty

Scornfully and condescendingly proud.

Naughty

Mildly rude or indecent, typically because related to sex
Naughty goings-on

Haughty

Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.

Naughty

Wicked.
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Haughty

High; lofty; bold.
To measure the most haughty mountain's height.
Equal unto this haughty enterprise.

Naughty

Behaving disobediently or mischievously
A naughty child.

Haughty

Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant; overbearing.
A woman of a haughty and imperious nature.

Naughty

Indecent; improper
A naughty wink.

Haughty

Indicating haughtiness; as, a haughty carriage.
Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanced,Came towering.
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Naughty

One that is naughty.

Haughty

Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy;
Some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
Haughty aristocrats
His lordly manners were offensive
Walked with a prideful swagger
Very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
His mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
Shaggy supercilious camels
A more swaggering mood than usual

Naughty

Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).
Some naughty boys at school hid the teacher's lesson notes.

Naughty

Sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, risqué, cheeky.
I bought some naughty lingerie for my honeymoon.
If I see you send another naughty email to your friends, you will be forbidden from using the computer!

Naughty

Evil, wicked, morally reprehensible.

Naughty

(obsolete) Bad, worthless, substandard.

Naughty

To perform sexual acts upon.

Naughty

Having little or nothing.
[Men] that needy be and naughty, help them with thy goods.

Naughty

Worthless; bad; good for nothing.
The other basket had very naughty figs.

Naughty

Hence, corrupt; wicked.
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

Naughty

Mischievous; perverse; froward; guilty of disobedient or improper conduct; as, a naughty child.

Naughty

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;
He was saucy and mischievous in school
A naughty boy

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