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Definition: Naughtiness |
NaughtinessNoun1. An attribute of mischievous children. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "naughtiness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references) |
Synonyms: NaughtinessSynonyms: badness (n), mischievousness (n). (additional references) |
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| "Naughtiness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Naughtiness" is used about 30 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 30 | 63,341 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
naughtiness | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "naughtiness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | prapësi (misdeed, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, monkey tricks, perversity), poshtërsi (dirtiness, enormity, infamy, meanness, perfidy, turpitude, vileness, villainy, wickedness), pabindshmëri, keqsjellje, dashaligësi, çapkënëri (mischief, monkey tricks, prank). (various references) | |
Arabic | وقاحة (audacity, boldness, cheek, effrontery, face, flippancy, forwardness, gall, hardihood, immodesty, impertinence, impolicy, impudence, insolence, lip, manginess, nastiness, nerve, perkiness, pertness, presumption, sauce, sauciness), تمرد (contumacy, disobedience, disobey, insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, rebel, rebellion, revolt, take the bit in one's hands, turbulence, waywardness), سفاهة (gall, impertinence, ribaldry, salaciousness, scurrility), سوء سلوك (misbehavior, misbehaviour). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | немирност, непослушност, лошота, проклетия (spite, viciousness), палавост (mischief, mischievousness, playfulness, vivacity). (various references) | |
Czech | nezbednost, nevázanost. (various references) | |
Finnish | tuhmuus. (various references) | |
French | mauvaise conduite, grivoiserie, désobéissance. (various references) | |
German | ungezogenheit (bad manners, badness, misbehavior, misbehaviour, unmannerliness). (various references) | |
Greek | κακία (badness, malice, maliciousness, nefariousness, spite, spitefullness, unrighteousness, vice, viciousness, villainousness, wickedness), αταξία (ataxia, clutter, confusion, disaray, disarray, disorder, irregularity, mess, mischief, mischievousness, prank, shenanighan, wildness). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שובבות (misbehavior, misbehaviour, mischief, mischievousness, perkiness, roguery), "וללות (debauchery, foolishness, licentiousness, mirth, profligacy, unruly conduct). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rosszaság (badness), engedetlenség (disobedience, intractability, non-compliance, rebelliousness), önfejûség (obstinacy, self will, waywardness). (various references) | |
Indonesian | keusilan (annoyance). (various references) | |
Italian | impertinenza (cheekiness, impertinence, insolence, pertness, sassiness, sauce), disubbidienza (disobedience, disobedient), cattiveria (badness, malice, spite, unkindness, wicked action, wickedness). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 腕白 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | わ"ぱく. (various references) | |
Manx | olkys (badness, evilness, iniquity, lousiness, malignancy, malignity, mischief, mischievousness, moral ill, pravity, viciousness, wickedness), olk (bad, bad-hearted, bad-looking, evil, ill, injury, lousy, mischief, morally wrong, truculence, unfavourable, vice, vicious, wicked). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aughtinessnay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sem valor (bum, chaffy, hollow, inconsiderate, nugatory, paltry, peddling, picayune, trashy, trifling, useless, vain, valueless, waste, worthless), perversidade (iniquity, monstrous, perversity, unrighteousness, villainy, wickedness), maldade (badness, enormous, gall bladder, maleficent, malice, malignancy, perversity, slyness, turpitude, unrighteousness, venom, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing), indecência (bawdy, improvable, indecency, indecorum), inconveniência (impropriety, incongruous, indecent, indelicate, inexpedience, inexpediency), desobediência (contempt, disobedient). (various references) | |
Romanian | obrãznicie (audacity, blunder, brass, break, cheek, coolness, forwardness, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, lip, nerve, perkiness, pertness, sauce, trespass, unruliness). (various references) | |
Russian | непослушание (disobedience). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ništavnost (inanity, insignificance, insignificancy, naught, nothingness, nullity, vileness), nevaspitanost (bad manners), nevaljanost, rđavost (vileness). (various references) | |
Spanish | desobediencia (defiance, disobedience, non-compliance). (various references) | |
Swedish | oanständighet (bawd, foulness, immodesty, impropriety, indecency, lewdness, obscenity, scurrility, smut), lättsinne (frivolity, levity, licence, license, wantonness), elakhet (cruelty, devilry, deviltry, evilness, malevolence, malice, malignancy, meanness, spitefulness, unkindness, venom, wickedness). (various references) | |
Thai | การ"ื้อ"ึง. (various references) | |
Turkish | yaramazlık (devilment, devilry, fooling, misbehavior, misbehaviour, mischief, mischievousness, prank, roguery), münasebetsizlik (inexpediency, monkey tricks). (various references) | |
Ukranian | розбещеність (badness, corruption, dissoluteness, perversity, profligacy, rottenness, salacity), гріховність (peccancy, sinfulness, wickedness), неслухняність, пустощі (prank, roguery, rollick, wantonness), примхливість, порочність (depravity, improbity, turpitude, viciousness). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tính tinh nghịch tính thô tục, tính tục tĩu (coarseness, salaciousness, salacity), tính nhảm nhí, tính hư. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 11, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Dikaiosunh andrwn orqwn ruetai autouV th de apwleia autwn aliskontai paranomoi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Iustitia rectorum liberabit eos et in insidiis suis capientur iniqui |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The riytwisnesse of riyt men shal deliuere them; and wicke men in ther aspies shul be take. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 11, Verse 6 |
| Bulgarian | Правдата на справедливите ще ги избави, А коварните ще се хванат в злобата си. |
| Cebuano | Ang pagkamatarung sa tawong matul-id maoy magaluwas kanila; Apan ang maluibon malit-ag sa ilang kaugalingong kasal-anan. |
| Chinese | 正 直 人 的 義 、 必 拯 救 自 己 ． 奸 詐 人 必 陷 在 自 己 的 罪 孽 中 。 |
| Croatian | Poštene izbavlja pravda njihova, a bezbožnici se hvataju u svoju lakomost. |
| Danish | Retsindiges Retfærd bringer dem Frelse, troløse fanges i egen Attrå. |
| Dutch | De gerechtigheid der vromen zal hen redden; maar de trouwelozen worden gevangen in hun verkeerdheid. |
| Finnish | Oikeamieliset vapahtaa heidän vanhurskautensa, mutta uskottomat vangitsee heidän oma himonsa. |
| French | La justice des hommes droits les délivre, Mais les méchants sont pris par leur malice. |
| German | Die Gerechtigkeit der Frommen wird sie erretten; aber die Verächter werden gefangen in ihrer Bosheit. |
| Haitian Creole | Lè yon moun serye fè sa ki dwat, sa ap sove l'. Men, moun k'ap mache bay moun koutba, y'ap pran nan move jwèt y'ap fè a. |
| Hungarian | Az igazaknak igazságok megszabadítja õket; de az õ kivánságokban fogatnak meg a hitetlenek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang jujur selamat karena ketulusan hatinya; orang yang tak dapat dipercaya, terperosok oleh keserakahannya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa kebenaran orang-orang saleh itu meluputkan mereka itu, tetapi orang nakal terkena oleh perangkapnya sendiri. |
| Italian | La giustizia degli uomini retti li salva, nella cupidigia restano presi i perfidi. |
| Korean | 악 인 은 죽 을 때 에 그 소 망 이 끊 어 지 나 니 불 의 의 소 망 이 없 어 지 느 니 라 |
| Maori | Ma te tika o te hunga tika ka mawhiti ai ratou; ka mau ia nga poka ke i runga i to ratou kino. |
| Modern Greek | Η δικαιοσυνη των ευθεων θελει ελευθερωσει αυτους· οι δε παραβαται θελουσι συλληφθη εν τη κακια αυτων. |
| Norwegian | De opriktiges rettferdighet frelser, men de troløse fanges i sin egen ondskap. |
| Portuguese | A justiça dos retos os livra; mas os traiçoeiros são apanhados nas, suas próprias cobiças. |
| Rumanian | Nevinovqyia oamenilor fqrq prihanq ki scapq, dar cei rqi sknt prinwi de rqutatea lor. |
| Russian | рТБЧ"Б ТСНП"ХЫОЩИ У БУЕФ ЙИ, Б 'ЕЪЪБЛПООЙЛЙ 'Х"ХФ ХМПЧМЕОЩ 'ЕЪЪБЛПОЙЕН УЧПЙН. |
| Spanish | Su justicia librará a los rectos, pero los traicioneros quedarán atrapados por su codicia. |
| Swedish | De redligas rättfärdighet räddar dem, men de trolösa fångas genom sin egen lystnad. >Ords. 5,22. 12,13. 13,6. |
| Thai | ความชอบธรรมของคนเที่ยงธรรมย่อมช่วยเขาให้พ้น แต่คนละเมิ"จะถูกราคะของเขาจับเป็นเชลย |
| Ukrainian | Справедливість прямих їх ряту", а зрадливі захоплені будуть сво"ю захланністю. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "naughtiness": naughtinesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "naughtiness" (pronounced 'Naugh"ti*ness'): Abjectedness, Abjectness, Ableness, Abominableness, Abortiveness, Abruptness, Absentness, Absoluteness, Absorptiveness, Abstemiousness, Abstersiveness, Abstractedness, Abstractiveness, Abstractness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Abusiveness, Acceptableness, Accessariness, Accessoriness, Accidentalness, Accommodableness, Accommodateness, Accurateness, Accustomedness, Acidness, Acquaintedness, Acquisitiveness, Acrimoniousness, Activeness, Actualness, Acuteness, Adaptedness, Adaptiveness, Adaptness, Addictedness, Addle-patedness, Adeptness, Adequateness, Adhesiveness, Admirableness, Adorableness, Adroitness, Adultness, Advantageousness, Adventurousness, Adverseness, Advisable-ness, Advisedness, Affableness, Affectedness, Affectionateness, Afflictedness, Affluentness, Affrontiveness, Agedness, Agileness, Agreeableness, Airiness, Alacriousness, Albiness, Alertness, Algidness, Alimentariness, Alimentiveness, Allness, Allowableness, Allusiveness, Almightiness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Alterableness, Alternateness, Alternativeness, Amativeness, Amazedness, Ambidextrousness, Ambiguousness, Ambitiousness, Amenableness, Amiableness, Amicableness, Amorousness, Ampleness, Analogicalness, Ancientness, Angelicalness, Angriness, Angularness, Anileness, Animalness, Animoseness, Anomalousness, Anonymousness, Answerableness, Anticness, Antiquatedness, Antiquateness, Antiqueness, Anxiousness, Apartness, Apertness, Apetalousness, Apishness, Apocryphalness, Apostolicalness, Apparentness, Appellativeness, Apportionateness, Appreciativeness, Apprehensiveness, Approachableness, Approbativeness, Appropriateness, Aptness, Aqueousness, Arbitrariness, Archness, Ardentness, Arduousness, Arguteness, Aridness, Arrogantness, Artfulness, Articulateness, Artificialness, ARTLESSNESS, Associableness, Assuredness, Attainableness, Audaciousness, Audibleness, Augustness, Austereness, Authenticalness, Authenticness, Availableness, Averseness, Awesomeness, Awfulness, Awlessness, Backhandedness, backwardness, Badness, Baldness, Balefulness, Barbarousness, Barefacedness, Bareness, Barrenness, Baseness, Bashfulness, Bawdiness, Beaminess, Beardlessness, Bearishness, Beastliness, Becomingness, Beeriness, Beggarliness, Beholdingness, Beneficialness, Betterness, Bewilderedness, Bewitchedness, Bigness, Biliousness, Bindingness, Bitterness, Blackness, Blamelessness, Blandness, Blankness, Bleareyedness, Blessedness, Blindness, Blitheness, Bloatedness, Blondness, Bloodiness, Bloomingness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Bodiliness, Boisterousness, Boldness, Boniness, Bonniness, Boskiness, Boyishness, Brackishness, Branchiness, Brassiness, Braveness, Brawniness, Brazenness, Breathableness, Breathlessness, Breeziness, Brickleness, Briefness, brightness, Brilliantness, Brininess, Brinishness, Briskness, Bristliness, Brittleness, Broadness, Brokenness, Brotelness, Brotherliness, Brownness, Brushiness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Bugginess, Bulkiness, Bumptiousness, Bunchiness, Burliness, Bushiness, Business, Butcherliness, Calcareousness, Calmness, Candidness, Canniness, Canonicalness, Canorousness, Capableness, Capaciousness, Capillariness, Capitalness, Captiousness, Carefulness, Carelessness, Carnal-mindedness, Casualness, Categoricalness, Catholicness, Causelessness, Causticness, Cautiousness, Cavalierness, Ceremonialness, Ceremoniousness, Certainness, Chalkiness, Championness, Changeableness, Chargeableness, Chariness, Charitableness, Chasteness, Chattiness, Cheapness, Cheatableness, Cheerfulness, Cheeriness, Cheerisness, Cheesiness, Childishness, Childlessness, Childness, Chilliness, Chillness, Choiceness, Chopness, Christianness, Chubbedness, Chuffiness, Churchliness, Churlishness, Circumspectness, Clamminess, Cleanliness, Cleanness, Clearedness, Clearness, Clear-sightedness, Clerkliness, Cleverness, Clogginess, Closeness, Cloudiness, Clownishness, Clumsiness, Coarseness, Cognateness, Coldness, Collateralness, Collectedness, Collectiveness, Combativeness, Combustibleness, Comeliness, Comfortableness, Commensurateness, Commodiousness, Commonness, Commonplaceness, Communicativeness, Commutableness, Compactedness, Compactness, Compassionateness, Compatibleness, Compendiousness, Completeness, Complexedness, Complexness, Complicateness, Comprehensibleness, Comprehensiveness, Compressibleness, Concaveness, Conceitedness, Concentrativeness, Conciseness, Conclusiveness, Concreteness, Concupiscibleness, Concurrentness, Condignness, Conducibleness, Conduciveness, Confidentness, Confirmedness, Conformableness, Confoundedness, Confusedness, Congealedness, Congenialness, Conicalness, Conjointness, Conjunctiveness, Connaturalness, Conscientiousness, Conscionableness, Consciousness, Consecutiveness, Consequentialness, Conservativeness, Considerableness, Consonantness, Constructiveness, Consumptiveness, Contagiousness, Contemplativeness, Contemporariness, Contemptibleness, Contemptuousness, Contingentness, Contractedness, Contractibleness, Contradictoriness, Contrariness, Contriteness, Controllableness, Conversableness, Convertibleness, Convexedness, Convexness, Convincingness, Coolness, Coordinateness, Copiousness, Cordialness, Corkiness, Corporealness, Correctness, Correlativeness, Corrigibleness, Corrosibleness, Corruptness, Costiveness, Costliness, Courageousness, Courteousness, Courtliness, Covertness, Covetiveness, Covetousness, Cowardliness, Coyness, Coziness, Cradgedness, Craftiness, Cragginess, Crankiness, Crankness, Crassness, Crazedness, Craziness, Creaminess, Creativeness, Credibleness. 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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-h-i-n-n-s-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: anguishes, assenting, enthusing, gauntness, hangnests, hastening, naethings, sanguines, sennights, sensating, shantungs, thingness, unseating. | |
-3 letters: anthesis, antigens, eastings, gahnites, gentians, giantess, guanines, gushiest, hangnest, haunting, hiatuses, huntings, hustings, insanest, naething, nighness, sanguine, sauteing, seatings, sennight, shannies, shanties, shantung, sheitans, shunting, sinuates, stanines, stashing, stengahs, sthenias, sunniest, sunshine, thinness, tunnages, unhinges, unitages, unsights. | |
-4 letters: ageists, anguine, anguish, anteing, antigen, antigun, antings, ashiest, augites, aunties, easting, eatings, ensigns, ensuing, entasis, gahnite, gannets, gashest, geishas, gentian, gnashes, guanine, guanins, guineas, gunites, gunnies, hanting, hastens, hasting, hausens, heating, henting, hessian, hunting, inanest, ingates, ingesta, ingests, issuant, nasties, naughts, nesting, nighest, sagiest, sashing, seating, sennits, sensing, sestina, shantis, sheitan, shiatsu, shuting, siennas, signets, sinuate, sithens, snathes, stanine, staning, stengah, sthenia, sunnahs, suntans, sustain, tannish, tansies, teasing, tensing, tisanes, tunings, tunnage, tunnies, tushies, tushing, unhangs, unhinge, unitage, unseats, unsight. | |
-5 letters: ageist, agents, agists, aguish, anenst, angsts, anises, anting, anuses, ashing, assent, assign, aughts, augite, auntie, easing, eating, eights, ennuis, ensign, gainst, gannet, gashes, geisha, genius, ghauts, giants, gneiss, guanin, guests, guinea, guises, gunite, gushes, gusset, gussie, haeing, hanses, hasten, hastes, hating, haunts, hausen, heists, hennas, hiatus, hinges, hugest, inanes, ingate, ingest, innate, insane, insets, naught, neighs, nights, ninths, sagest, saints, saithe, sanest, sanghs, sanies, saning, sansei, sating, satins, saughs, sautes, sennas, sennit, shanti, shiest, shines, shunts, shutes, sienna, siesta, sights, signet, singes, snathe, snaths, stages, staigs, stains, stanes, stangs, steins, stings, suints, suites, sunnah, sunnas, sunset, suntan, tassie, teguas, tenias, tennis, tenuis, thanes, thegns, theins, thesis, things, tineas, tinges, tisane, tissue, tuning, tushes, tushie, tussah, tusseh, unhang, unhats, unites, unseat, unsent, unsets, unties, usages, usneas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-h-i-n-n-s-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: languishments, naughtinesses. | |
+4 letters: countershadings. | |
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