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Mischievous

Mischievous Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mischievous? [adj] badly behaved; "he was saucy and mischievous in school"; "a naughty boy" [adj] deliberately causing harm or damage; "mischievous rumors and falsehoods" [adj] naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mischievous: bad \| harmful \| impish \| implike \| naughty \| pixilated \| playful \| prankish \| puckish Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mischievous: annoying \| arch \| artful \| bad \| baleful \| baneful \| bothering \| bothersome \| corroding \| corrosive \| corrupting \| corruptive \| counterproductive \| damaging \| dangerous \| deadly \| deleterious \| destructive \| detrimental \| devilish \| disadvantageous \| disserviceable \| distressing \| elfish \| elvish \| evil \| foolish \| foxy \| frolicsome \| full of mischief \| harmful \| hazardous \| high-spirited \| hurtful \| ill \| ill-behaved \| impish \| injurious \| insidious \| irking \| irksome \| knavish \| larkish \| lethal \| malefic \| malevolent \| malicious \| malign \| malignant \| misbehaving \| mischief-loving \| naughty \| noisome \| noxious \| ominous \| paw \| perilous \| pernicious \| playful \| poisonous \| prankish \| pranksome \| pranky \| precarious \| prejudicial \| puckish \| rascally \| risky \| roguish \| scampish \| scapegrace \| scatheful \| sly \| spiteful \| sportive \| toxic \| trickish \| tricksy \| tricky \| venenate \| veneniferous \| venenous \| venomous \| vexatious \| vexing \| vicious \| virulent \| waggish \| wicked See Also \| Mischievous In Webster's Dictionary \Mis"chievous\, a. Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child. ``Most mischievous foul sin.'' --Shak. This false, wily, doubling disposition is intolerably mischievous to society. --South. Syn: Harmful; hurtful; detrimental; noxious; pernicious; destructive. -- {Mis"chievously}, adv. -- {Mis"chievous*ness}, n.

Mischievous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mischievous?

[adj] badly behaved; "he was saucy and mischievous in school"; "a naughty boy"
[adj] deliberately causing harm or damage; "mischievous rumors and falsehoods"
[adj] naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"

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Mischievous In Webster's Dictionary

\Mis"chie*vous\, a.
Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied
where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a
mischievous child. ``Most mischievous foul sin.'' --Shak.

      This false, wily, doubling disposition is intolerably
      mischievous to society.                  --South.

Syn: Harmful; hurtful; detrimental; noxious; pernicious;
     destructive. -- {Mis"chie*vous*ly}, adv. --
     {Mis"chie*vous*ness}, n.

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