noun
- Annoying yet harmless, usually playful acts: devilry, deviltry, diablerie, high jinks, impishness, mischief, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, tomfoolery. Informal shenanigan (often used in plural). See good/bad.
mischievousness
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The noun has 3 meanings:
Meaning #1:
an attribute of mischievous children
Synonyms: naughtiness, badness
Meaning #2:
the trait of behaving like an imp
Synonyms: impishness, puckishness, whimsicality
Meaning #3:
reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
Synonyms: mischief, mischief-making, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan
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