mischievous

(mĭs'chə-vəs)
adj.

1. Causing mischief.
2. Playful in a naughty or teasing way.
3. Troublesome; irritating: a mischievous prank.
4. Causing harm, injury, or damage: mischievous rumors and falsehoods.

[Middle English mischevous, from mischef, mischief. See mischief.]

mischievously mis'chie·vous·ly adv.
mischievousness mis'chie·vous·ness n.

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adjective

1. Causing harm or injury: bad, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious. See help/harm/harmless.
2. Full of high-spirited fun: frisky, frolicsome, impish, playful, sportive, waggish. See work/play.

adj

Definition: devilish, wicked
Antonyms: behaved, good, nice, obedient, well-behaved

IN BRIEF: Full of playful tricks.

The idea of Utopia is mischievous as well as unrealistic. And dull, to boot. — D. Lilienthal.

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For a list of words related to mischievous, see:

• Happy, Playful, Optimistic, or Elated

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See words rhyming with "mischievous."

Common misspelling(s) of mischievous

• mischeivous
• mischievious
• mischevious

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ondsindet, drillesyg, skadelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
ondeugend, schadelijk

Français (French)
adj. - espiègle, malicieux, malveillant (littér)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - boshaft, schädlich, schelmisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άτακτος, σκανδαλιάρικος, κατεργάρης, βλαβερός, επιζήμιος

Italiano (Italian)
malizioso, dispettoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - malicioso

Русский (Russian)
вредный, озорной, злобный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - travieso, malo, malicioso, nocivo, dañino

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - elak, busig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
淘气的, 恶作剧的, 有害的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 淘氣的, 惡作劇的, 有害的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 해악의, 장난을 좋아하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - いたずら好きな, 災いをなす, 有害な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مؤذي, ماكر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שובבי, מזיק, תעלולני, זדוני‬

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