Antonyms for mischievousness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mis-chuh-vuh s

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪs tʃə vəs

Definition of mischievousness

Origin : early 14c., "unfortunate, disastrous," probably from mischief + -ous. Sense of "playfully malicious or annoying" first recorded 1670s. Related: Mischievously; mischievousness.

noun mischief

Example sentences :

He suspected that the chief emotions he inspired were curiosity and mischievousness.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

But the mischievousness of Utilitarianism does not stop here.
Extract from : « Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics » by William Thomas Thornton

Pranks they seem to us, but we may be sure there is some method in their mischievousness.
Extract from : « Thunder and Lightning » by Camille Flammarion

Green parrots owe their unpopularity to their mischievousness and their noisiness.
Extract from : « Birds of the Plains » by Douglas Dewar

Mischievously and mischievousness are also accented on the first syllable.
Extract from : « Every-Day Errors of Speech » by L. P. Meredith

Or again, a mischievousness and mockery would steal into her mood.
Extract from : « Memoirs of a Midget » by Walter de la Mare

If the subject is horrible, we have to blame the composition of human character, or the mischievousness of a human institution.
Extract from : « Diderot and the Encyclopaedists (Vol 1 of 2) » by John Morley

The red-headed boy was a mixture of good-heartedness and mischievousness that both delighted Nancy and horrified her.
Extract from : « A Little Miss Nobody » by Amy Bell Marlowe

"She is incapable of it," exclaimed Madam Dowghiello; and they had to explain her niece's mischievousness.
Extract from : « Abb Aubain and Mosaics » by Prosper Mrime

Hence, given the strength of the temptation, the mischievousness of the disposition is as the apparent mischievousness of the act.
Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books--Volume 14--Philosophy and Economics » by Various

Synonyms for mischievousness

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