NAUGHTY Meaning of NAUGHTY in English adj. (naughtier, naughtiest) 1. (esp. of children) disobedient; badly behaved. 2 colloq. joc. indecent. 3 archaic wicked. Derivatives: naughtily adv. naughtiness n. Etymology: ME f. NAUGHT + -Y(1) Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012