Bad vs. Naughty

Bad vs. Naughty — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Bad and Naughty

Badadjective

Unfavorable; negative; not good.

You have bad credit.The weather looks pretty bad right now.Don't talk to him; he's in a bad mood.

Naughtyadjective

Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).

Some naughty boys at school hid the teacher's lesson notes.

Badadjective

Not suitable or fitting.

Do you think it is a bad idea to confront him directly?

Naughtyadjective

Sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, risqué, cheeky.

I bought some naughty lingerie for my honeymoon.If I see you send another naughty email to your friends, you will be forbidden from using the computer!

Badadjective

Not appropriate, of manners etc.

It is bad manners to talk with your mouth full.

Naughtyadjective

Evil, wicked, morally reprehensible.

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Badadjective

Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.

Lard is bad for you. Smoking is bad for you, too. Grapes are bad for dogs but not for humans.

Naughtyadjective

(obsolete) Bad, worthless, substandard.

Badadjective

Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.

Joe's in a bad way; he can't even get out of bed.I went to the hospital to see how my grandfather was doing. Unfortunately, he's in a bad state.I've had a bad back since the accident.

Naughtyadjective

suggestive of sexual impropriety;

a blue movieblue jokeshe skips asterisks and gives you the gamy detailsa juicy scandala naughty winknaughty wordsracy anecdotesa risque storyspicy gossip

Badadjective

Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.

Divorce is usually a bad experience for everybody involved.

Naughtyadjective

badly behaved;

he was saucy and mischievous in schoola naughty boy
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Badadjective

Evil; wicked.

Be careful. There are bad people in the world.

Badadjective

Faulty; not functional.

I had a bad headlight.

Badadjective

(of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.

These apples have gone bad.

Badadjective

(of breath) Malodorous; foul.

Bad breath is not pleasant for anyone.

Badadjective

False; counterfeit; illegitimate.

They were caught trying to pass bad coinage.

Badadjective

Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.

I'm pretty bad at speaking French.He's a bad gardener; everything he tries to grow ends up dying.

Badadjective

Of poor physical appearance.

I look really bad whenever I get less than seven hours of sleep.I don't look bad in this dress, do I?

Badadjective

(informal) Bold and daring.

Badadjective

(hip-hop slang) Good; superlative.

Badadjective

Severe, urgent.

He is in bad need of a haircut.

Badadjective

Overly promiscuous, licentious.

Badadjective

(slang) Fantastic.

You is SIC bad, man!

Badadverb

Badly.

I didn't do too bad in the last exam.

Badnoun

(slang) Error, mistake.

Sorry, my bad!

Badnoun

An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good.

Badverb

(archaic) lang=en. See bade.

Badverb

To shell (a walnut).

Badnoun

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

take the bad with the good

Badadjective

having undesirable or negative qualities;

a bad report cardhis sloppy appearance made a bad impressiona bad little boyclothes in bad shapea bad cutbad luckthe news was very badthe reviews were badthe pay is badit was a bad light for readingthe movie was a bad choice

Badadjective

very intense;

a bad headachein a big ragehad a big (or bad) shocka bad earthquakea bad storm

Badadjective

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

my throat feels badshe felt bad all overhe was feeling tough after a restless night

Badadjective

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

bad meata refrigerator full of spoilt food

Badadjective

not capable of being collected;

a bad (or uncollectible) debt

Badadjective

below average in quality or performance;

a bad chess playera bad recital

Badadjective

nonstandard;

so-called bad grammar

Badadjective

not financially safe or secure;

a bad investmenthigh risk investmentsanything that promises to pay too much can't help being riskyspeculative business enterprises

Badadjective

physically unsound or diseased;

has a bad backa bad heartbad teethan unsound limbunsound teeth

Badadjective

capable of harming;

bad habitsbad airsmoking is bad for you

Badadjective

keenly sorry or regretful;

felt bad about letting the team downwas sorry that she had treated him so badlyfelt bad about breaking the vase

Badadjective

characterized by wickedness or immorality;

led a very bad life

Badadjective

reproduced fraudulently;

like a bad penny...a forged twenty dollar bill

Badadjective

not working properly;

a bad telephone connectiona defective appliance

Badadverb

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

the injury hurt badlythe buildings were badly shakenit hurts badwe need water bad

Badadverb

very much; strongly;

I wanted it badly enough to work hard for itthe cables had sagged badlythey were badly in need of helphe wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it