Contrary
Naughty
Naughty adjective - Engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior.
Usage example: told her to act her age and stop throwing temper tantrums like a naughty little girl
Contrary is a synonym for naughty in bad topic. Sometimes you can use "Contrary" instead an adjective "Naughty", if it concerns topics such as badly behaved.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- obstreperous and contrary
- obstreperous and naughty
- defiant and contrary
- defiant and naughty
- troublesome and contrary
- troublesome and naughty
- perverse and contrary
- perverse and naughty
- refractory and contrary
- refractory and naughty
- unmanageable and contrary
- unmanageable and naughty
- disobedient and contrary
- disobedient and naughty
Both words in one sentence
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Sea Monster: Lorenzini after drinking from his fountain Spared by the Adaptation: Contrary to the original story, the naughty children avoid a future where they are donkeys for the rest of their lives, and regain their humanity by doing some hard work.
- A level 1 Naughty Igglybuff (count that it has a double weakness to God-type contrary to Florges while sharing the Fairy weakness) would take exactly 38383875 damage, which breaks the damage cap a whooping 585 times and still deals 45315 damage, 3776.25 times the Igglybuff's life.
Source: Tropers / Wax
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