mischief

n.

1. Behavior that causes discomfiture or annoyance in another.
2. An inclination or tendency to play pranks or cause embarrassment.
3. One that causes minor trouble or disturbance: The child was a mischief in school.
4. Damage, destruction, or injury caused by a specific person or thing: The broken window was the mischief of vandals.
5. The state or quality of being mischievous.

[Middle English mischef, from Old French meschief, misfortune, from meschever, to end badly : mes-, badly; see mis-¹ + chever, to happen, come to an end (from Vulgar Latin *capāre, to come to a head , from *capum, head , from Latin caput).]

noun

1. Annoying yet harmless, usually playful acts: devilry, deviltry, diablerie, high jinks, impishness, mischievousness, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, tomfoolery. Informal shenanigan (often used in plural). See good/bad.
2. One who causes minor trouble or damage: devil, imp, prankster, rascal, rogue, scamp. Informal cutup. See good/bad.
3. The action or result of inflicting loss or pain: damage, detriment, harm, hurt, injury. See help/harm/harmless.

n

Definition: trouble, damage
Antonyms: good behavior, obedience

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IN BRIEF: Action that causes harm, damage or trouble. Also: A playful trick.

No one returns with goodwill to the place which has done him a mischief. — Phaedrus (fl. c. 8 AD).

Dansk (Danish)
n. - ballade, fortræd, skade

idioms:

• do a person a mischief    gøre en person fortræd
• get up to mischief    lave ulykker, komme på gale veje

Nederlands (Dutch)
kattenkwaad, ondeugendheid, plaaggeest, onheil, deugniet iemand schade berokkenen, iemand plagen

Français (French)
n. - tour, espièglerie, bêtises, malice, troubles (littér), polisson

idioms:

• do a person a mischief    faire mal à une personne
• up to mischief    prêt à faire des bêtises

Deutsch (German)
n. - Unfug, Schaden, Schlawiner

idioms:

• do a person a mischief    jmdm. etwas antun
• up to mischief    problematisches Benehmen von Kindern

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αταξία, σκανδαλιά, βλάβη, ζημιά, κακό, σκανδαλιάρικο παιδί, ζιζάνιο

idioms:

• do a person a mischief    βλάπτω, ατακτώ, κάνω ζημιά
• get up to mischief    κάνω αταξίες

Italiano (Italian)
marachella, malizia

idioms:

• do a person a mischief    fare un torto a qualcuno
• get/be up to mischief    combinarne qualcuna

Português (Portuguese)
n. - prejuízo (m), travessura (f)

idioms:

• do a person a mischief    causar dano a alguém
• get/be up to mischief    aprontar (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
вред, беда, шалости, болезнь

idioms:

• do a person a mischief    причинить вред кому-либо
• get/be up to mischief    затевать что-то недоброе

Español (Spanish)
n. - daño, perjuicio, travesura, diablura

idioms:

• do a person a mischief    causar un daño a alguien
• up to mischief    hacer tonterías, estar pensando en hacer de las suyas, planeando una travesura

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ofog, skälmskhet, rackarunge, skada

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
伤害, 故障, 危害

idioms:

• do a person a mischief    伤害某人
• get up to mischief    捣蛋

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 傷害, 故障, 危害

idioms:

• do a person a mischief    傷害某人
• get up to mischief    搗蛋

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 악영향, 익살

idioms:

• do a person a mischief    ~에게 해악을 끼치다
• get up to mischief    못된 짓을 꾀하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - いたずら, 茶目っ気, 害, 危害, 損害, 災害, いたずらっ子

idioms:

• get/be up to mischief    悪さをしでかす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أذى يؤذي شخص ما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שובב, שובבות, מעשה-קונדס, פגיעה, נזק, תכשיט‬

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