Naughty vs. Haughty — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Naughty and Haughty
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Definitions
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
