naughtiness
IPA: nˈɔtinʌs
noun
- (uncountable) the state of being naughty
- (countable) a naughty act
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Examples of "naughtiness" in Sentences
- It combines the naughtiness of burlesque and the razzle dazzle of Broadway.
- I posed for pictures that, if discovered, would have cost me a shot at any type of political career long before theNight Calls naughtiness.
- Lyra Belaqua, the poster child for Victorian naughtiness, is at the center of the battle between those who wish conformity at all costs and those who fight against it.
- They mean the evil things which a man does, not out of the weakness of his mortal nature, but out of his own wicked will, and what the Bible calls the naughtiness of his heart.
- If we allow to their souls some noble and free expansion, they may be trusted to divert themselves from that fretful self-consciousness which the nurse calls naughtiness, and the doctor, nerves.
- Either the excitement of the child may pass all bounds and end in tears and so-called naughtiness, or the unfamiliar surroundings may leave him distrait with a strange sense of unreality and unhappiness.
- As the f-word devolves further into marketing PR-speak, we're left with Katy Perry's infantilized, finger-sucking "naughtiness" - sexual transgression for the sake of male titillation more than anything-and a long list of songs that are Feminist Lite at best.
- I had made (yet another) impromptu trip to Bulk Barn and came home with, among other things, dried mango What came out of the oven were the bar of all granola bars - super-healthy, filled with fibre, omega-3s, zinc and just the right amount of sweetness, with the hint of naughtiness from the chocolate chips.