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naughtiness
[naw-tee] 
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naughtiness
[naw-tee]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misbehavior |
| Synonyms: | acting up, fault, horseplay, immorality, impropriety, incivility, indiscipline, insubordination, mischief, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, misdoing, monkey business, rudeness, shenanigans*, transgression, wrongdoing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mischief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, damage |
| Synonyms: | atrocity, catastrophe, devilment, devilry, dirty trick, evil, fault, friskiness, frolicsomeness, funny business, gag, harm, high jinks, hurt, ill, impishness, injury, misbehavior, mischievousness, misconduct, misdoing, misfortune, monkey business, naughtiness, outrage, playfulness, prank, rascality, roguery, roguishness, sabotage, shenanigans, sportiveness, transgression, vandalism, waggery, waggishness, waywardness, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Antonyms: | behavior, obedience |
| Main Entry: | misconduct |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad or unethical behavior |
| Synonyms: | delinquency, dereliction, evil, immorality, impropriety, malfeasance, malpractice, malversation, misbehavior, mischief, misdemeanor, misdoing, mismanagement, naughtiness, offense, rudeness, transgression, wrongdoing |
| Antonyms: | behavior, manners, obedience |
| Main Entry: | shenanigans |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mischief |
| Synonyms: | antics, capers, dirty trick, fooling around, frolicsomeness, funny business, gag, hanky-panky, high jinks, horseplay, horsing around, misbehavior, mischievousness, monkey business, naughtiness, nonsense, prank, trouble, vandalism |
| Main Entry: | devilry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mischief |
| Synonyms: | devilishment, devilment, deviltry, diablerie, high jinks, mischief-making, mischievousness, naughtiness, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigans, trouble, wickedness |
| Main Entry: | deviltry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mischief |
| Synonyms: | black magic, cruelty, devilishment, devilment, devilry, diablerie, evil, evil magic, evildoing, high jinks, iniquity, magic, mischief-making, mischievousness, misdeed, naughtiness, offense, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigans, sin, trouble, wickedness, witchcraft, witchery, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | impishness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mischief |
| Synonyms: | atrocity, catastrophe, devilment, devilry, deviltry, diablerie, dirty trick, evil, fault, friskiness, frolicsomeness, funny business, gag, harm, high jinks, hurt, ill, injury, misbehavior, mischievousness, misconduct, misdoing, misfortune, monkey business, naughtiness, outrage, playfulness, prank, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, sabotage, shenanigans, sportiveness, tomfoolery, transgression, vandalism, waggery, waggishness, waywardness, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | mischievousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mischief |
| Synonyms: | atrocity, catastrophe, devilment, devilry, deviltry, diablerie, dirty trick, evil, fault, friskiness, frolicsomeness, funny business, gag, harm, high jinks, hurt, ill, impishness, injury, misbehavior, misconduct, misdoing, misfortune, monkey business, naughtiness, outrage, playfulness, prank, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, sabotage, shenanigans, sportiveness, tomfoolery, transgression, vandalism, waggery, waggishness, waywardness, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | misdoing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misbehavior |
| Synonyms: | acting up, fault, horseplay, immorality, impropriety, incivility, indiscipline, insubordination, mischief, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, monkey business, naughtiness, rudeness, shenanigans*, transgression, wrongdoing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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