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Antonyms for waggery
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : wag-uh-ree |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwæg ə ri |
Definition of waggery
- As in mischief : noun trouble, damage
- As in drollery : noun whimsicalness
- As in drollness : noun humor
- As in funniness : noun humor
- As in impishness : noun mischief
- As in mischievousness : noun mischief
- As in prankishness : noun mischief
- As in prankster : noun mischief
- As in rascality : noun mischief
- As in roguery : noun mischief
- As in roguishness : noun mischief
- As in shenanigan : noun mischief
- The drollest specimen of waggery that ever emanated from that drollest of men, Burton.
- Extract from : « Carey & Hart's Catalog (1852) » by Edward Carey
- His waggery was amusing to all who were not the butts of it.
- Extract from : « Merrie England In The Olden Time, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by George Daniel
- He went back into the house where he cheered Jack by his waggery for some time.
- Extract from : « The Boy Patrol on Guard » by Edward S. Ellis
- His self-esteem was hurt at the child not relishing his waggery.
- Extract from : « A Book of Ghosts » by Sabine Baring-Gould
- There was no trick, nor fraud, nor waggery which he had not at his fingers-ends.
- Extract from : « Bohemian Days » by Geo. Alfred Townsend
- Our Moses beats the Vicar's hollow in waggery, so we are proud of him.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXII. » by Various
- Indeed, I always observed that Tom, with all his impudence and waggery, had a great deal of consideration and kindness.
- Extract from : « Jacob Faithful » by Captain Frederick Marryat
- With the waggery of his nature this negro gravely informed them that he was really a wild animal that had been caught and tamed.
- Extract from : « Deerfoot in The Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis
- In one respect he was precocious; namely, that he soon proved himself up to all the waggery and villainy of headquarters.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 68, No. 417, July, 1850 » by Various
- Yet a moment's consideration convinced me, that his behaviour either proceeded from waggery or mistake.
- Extract from : « Discipline » by Mary Brunton
Synonyms for waggery
- atrocity
- buffoonery
- catastrophe
- comedy
- comicality
- comicalness
- devil
- devilment
- devilry
- deviltry
- diablerie
- dirty trick
- drollery
- drollness
- evil
- facetiousness
- farcicality
- fault
- foolishness
- friskiness
- frolicsomeness
- funniness
- funny business
- gag
- harm
- high jinks
- hilariousness
- humorousness
- hurt
- ill
- imp
- impishness
- injury
- jest
- jocoseness
- jocosity
- jocularity
- misbehavior
- mischievousness
- misconduct
- misdoing
- misfortune
- monkey business
- naughtiness
- outrage
- playfulness
- pleasantry
- prank
- prankishness
- raillery
- rascal
- rascality
- rogue
- roguery
- roguishness
- sabotage
- scamp
- shenanigans
- sportiveness
- tomfoolery
- transgression
- vandalism
- waggery
- waggishness
- waywardness
- whimsicality
- whimsy
- wittiness
- wrong
- wrongdoing
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