naught
or nought
[ nawt ]
/ nɔt /
noun
a cipher (0); zero.
adjective
lost; ruined.
Archaic.
worthless; useless.
Obsolete.
morally bad; wicked.
adverb
Obsolete.
not.
Idioms for naught
come to naught,
to come to nothing; be without result or fruition; fail.
set at naught,
to regard or treat as of no importance; disdain: He entered a milieu that set his ideals at naught.
Origin of naught
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH naught
naught noughtWords nearby naught
nau,
nauch,
naucratis,
naugahyde,
naugatuck,
naught,
naughty,
naughty nineties,
naughty step,
naumachia,
naumachy
Example sentences from the Web for naught
British Dictionary definitions for naught
naught
/ (nɔːt) /
noun
archaic, or literary
nothing or nothingness; ruin or failure
a variant spelling (esp US) of nought
set at naught
to have disregard or scorn for; disdain
adverb
archaic, or literary
not at all
it matters naught
adjective
obsolete
worthless, ruined, or wicked
Word Origin for naught
Old English
nāwiht, from
nā
no
1 +
wiht thing, person; see
wight
1,
whit
Idioms and Phrases with naught
naught
see come to nothing (naught).