NAUGHTIER Synonyms

• having undesirable or negative qualities

• feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

• that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency

• with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')

• very much; strongly

• serious or severe

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition

• not capable of being collected

• below average in quality or performance

• nonstandard

• not financially safe or secure

• physically unsound or diseased

• capable of harming

• characterized by wickedness or immorality

• reproduced fraudulently

• not working properly

• offensively bold

• a young offender

• guilty of a misdeed

• failing in what duty requires

• past due; not paid at the scheduled time

• not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority

• unwilling to submit to authority

• naughtily or annoyingly playful

• impervious to correction by punishment

• difficult or impossible to manage or control

• suggestive of sexual impropriety

• badly behaved

• playful in an appealingly bold way

• lacking principles or scruples

• causing difficulty or annoyance

• noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

• unwilling to submit to authority

• incapable of being controlled

• resistant to guidance or discipline

• (comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability

• changed for the worse in health or fitness

• something inferior in quality or condition or effect

• (comparative of `ill') in a less effective or successful or desirable manner

• blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime

• blue clothing

• any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue

• the sky as viewed during daylight

• used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

• the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic

• any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae

• of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

• used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• characterized by profanity or cursing

• suggestive of sexual impropriety

• belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

• morally rigorous and strict

• causing dejection

• turn blue

• suggestive of sexual impropriety

• (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted

• willing to face danger

• suggestive of sexual impropriety

• (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted

• willing to face danger

• abounding in juice

• having strong sexual appeal

• lucrative

• suggestive of sexual impropriety

• suggestive of sexual impropriety

• producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves

• suggestive of sexual impropriety