Naughty vs Roguish - What's the difference?
naughty | roguish | Related terms |
* 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.
unprincipled or unscrupulous
mischievous and playful
* 1840 , The Novel Newspaper (volume 2, page 8)
As adjectives the difference between naughty and roguish
is that naughty is evil, wicked, morally reprehensible while roguish is unprincipled or unscrupulous.naughty
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!
Synonyms
* dirty * (mischievous) mischievousAntonyms
* niceDerived terms
* naughtily * naughtiness * naughty bitroguish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "She'll be a match for poor little Cupid, with his tiny bow and arrow, I dare say," said Grace Fitzgerald, with a roguish eye.