Antonyms for impishness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : im-pish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪm pɪʃ


Definition of impishness

Origin :
  • 1650s, from imp + -ish. Related: Impishly; impishness.
  • noun mischief
Example sentences :
  • There was in this something of impishness, and something of other things.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • This was a thriller that appealed to the familiar in him,—the impishness that died hard.
  • Extract from : « Joyce of the North Woods » by Harriet T. Comstock
  • Paul had, with the impishness of childhood, climbed up in the auto.
  • Extract from : « The Outdoor Girls in a Motor Car » by Laura Lee Hope
  • Her eyes danced with fun and impishness as she insisted it was really too bad that theyd had to miss the lecture.
  • Extract from : « Polly's First Year at Boarding School » by Dorothy Whitehill
  • In truth, the impishness of circumstance was newer to him than it would have been to a philosopher of threescore-and-ten.
  • Extract from : « Two on a Tower » by Thomas Hardy
  • "You don't know my name," he said, with a return of impishness, as we walked together towards the Contessa.
  • Extract from : « The Princess Passes » by Alice Muriel Williamson and Charles Norris Williamson
  • She had got into the enemy's fastness by her impishness, but she could go no further on that line.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Mouse » by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
  • In a fugitive seizure of thoughtfulness the violet eyes lost all their impishness.
  • Extract from : « Alias The Lone Wolf » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Carol tried to stare them down but in face of the impishness of the boys and the bovine gaping of the men, she was embarrassed.
  • Extract from : « Main Street » by Sinclair Lewis
  • "I have a perfectly heavenly plan," said Henrietta, her black eyes sparkling with impishness.
  • Extract from : « The Adopting of Rosa Marie » by Carroll Watson Rankin

Synonyms for impishness

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