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Synonyms for mischievous
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : mis-chuh-vuh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪs tʃə vəs |
Top 10 synonyms for mischievous Other synonyms for the word mischievous
- damaging
- dangerous
- deleterious
- destructive
- detrimental
- dickens
- evil
- exasperating
- foxy
- frolicsome
- harmful
- hazardous
- holy terror
- hurtful
- ill
- ill-behaved
- injurious
- insidious
- irksome
- malignant
- misbehaving
- nocuous
- perilous
- pernicious
- precarious
- puckish
- rascal
- rascally
- risky
- sinful
- spiteful
- sportive
- teasing
- tricky
- troublesome
- vexatious
- vexing
- vicious
- wayward
Définition of mischievous
Origin :- early 14c., "unfortunate, disastrous," probably from mischief + -ous. Sense of "playfully malicious or annoying" first recorded 1670s. Related: Mischievously; mischievousness.
- adj devilish, wicked
- "And that would be a great pity," said Quicksilver, with his mischievous smile.
- Extract from : « The Gorgon's Head » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Of all mortal possessions they are the most useless, mischievous, and baleful.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- Born shortly after Adam, and is still up to mischievous tricks.
- Extract from : « Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date » by Anonymous
- The moon was a mischievous being, who walked about the earth doing all the evil he could.
- Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
- The intentions of the Duchess were known to be as virtuous and pure as those of her husband's party were criminal and mischievous.
- Extract from : « The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete » by Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess Lamballe
- This is my teaching, and if this is the doctrine which corrupts the youth, I am a mischievous person.
- Extract from : « Apology » by Plato
- But it had roused a mischievous spirit in her, and the temptation was too great to resist.
- Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Nor could he afford to drop the mischievous word for another.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
- Just mischievous––mischievous and up and coming all the time.
- Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
- All the mischievous glee went from her face in that next moment.
- Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
Antonyms for mischievous
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