Badass vs Naughty - What's the difference?
badass | naughty |
(US, slang) A mean or belligerent person; a person with extreme attitudes, behavior or appearance.
(US, slang) Having extreme appearance, attitude, or behavior that is considered admirable.
* 1623 , (William Shakespeare), First Folio, The Merchant of Venice :
* 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
* (rfdate) Udall:
(obsolete) Bad, worthless, substandard.
* (rfdate) American King James Bible, Jeremiah 24:2:
Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).
Immoral]], sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, [[risqué, cheeky.
As adjectives the difference between badass and naughty
is that badass is (us|slang) having extreme appearance, attitude, or behavior that is considered admirable while naughty is .As a noun badass
is (us|slang) a mean or belligerent person; a person with extreme attitudes, behavior or appearance.badass
English
Alternative forms
* bad-assNoun
(es)- Don't mess with that guy, he's a real badass .
Adjective
(en adjective)- That tough guy looks badass .
Usage notes
* See cool (senses 3-7). * Compare wicked (sense 2) * See (etymology 2)Synonyms
* (admirable) cool, awesomenaughty
English
Adjective
(er)- So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
- Wholesome meats to a vitiated stomack differ little or nothing from unwholesome; and best books to a naughty mind are not unappliable to occasions of evill.
- Such as be intemperant, that is, followers of their naughty appetites and lusts.
- One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
- Some naughty boys at school hid the teacher's lesson notes.
- 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!