naughtier
- 1Comparative of naughty.
The younger twin always seemed naughtier than her quiet sister.
Their behavior grew naughtier the longer the teacher stayed out of the room.
Note
The comparative carries every shade of naughty, not just the nursery one. A child can be naughtier than her sister, a joke naughtier than the last, a dessert naughtier than the fruit plate. The spelling follows the usual rule for adjectives ending in -y: the y turns to i before -er. The phrase more naughty means the same thing.
His second joke was even naughtier than the first, and the room went quiet.
A second slice of chocolate cake felt naughtier than the first.
naughtier is a form of naughty
naughty, adjective: Behaving badly or disobediently, tending to misbehave, especially of a child. Full entry
- Forms
- naughtynaughtier comparativenaughtiest superlative
- Spelling
- naughty → naughtier: change y to i, add -er
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