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
- 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
- atrocity
- catastrophe
- devilment
- devilry
- deviltry
- diablerie
- dirty trick
- evil
- fault
- friskiness
- frolicsomeness
- funny business
- gag
- harm
- high jinks
- hurt
- ill
- impishness
- injury
- misbehavior
- misconduct
- misdoing
- misfortune
- monkey business
- naughtiness
- outrage
- playfulness
- prank
- prankishness
- rascality
- roguery
- roguishness
- sabotage
- shenanigans
- sportiveness
- tomfoolery
- transgression
- vandalism
- waggery
- waggishness
- waywardness
- wrong
- wrongdoing
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019