Antonyms for prankish

Grammar : Adj

Spell : prang-kish

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpræŋ kɪʃ

Definition of prankish

As in jaunty : adj lively
As in playful : adj funny, fun-loving
As in elfish : adj mischievous
As in pixilated : adj eccentric
As in puckish : adj impish
As in sportive : adj lively
As in elfin : adj mischievous; small
As in frisky : adj full of spirit
As in impish : adj mischievous

Example sentences :

The prankish action of the ghosts in cutting the pockets out of trousers.
Extract from : « The Roycroft Dictionary » by Elbert Hubbard

Every child should know Mr. Cox's prankish, helpful Brownies.
Extract from : « A Mother's List of Books for Children » by Gertrude Weld Arnold

That was all, but Peggy knew that it would serve its prankish purpose.
Extract from : « The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise » by Margaret Burnham

She chides them for their duplicity, then extols them for their prankish playfulness.
Extract from : « The Vitalized School » by Francis B. Pearson

His limbs were stiff and sore; his face was drenched by the fine rain that had searched him out with prankish glee.
Extract from : « The Man From Brodney's » by George Barr McCutcheon

To mark this last ball of the year the young officers introduced some of the prankish features of their happy cadet days.
Extract from : « Betty at Fort Blizzard » by Molly Elliot Seawell

Incomplete as it may be: youthful and prankish as some of it is, the thought and manner of the time are imaged there.
Extract from : « Studies of Contemporary Poets » by Mary C. Sturgeon

This prankish mood of the crew was shown in their efforts to make Dinshaw uncomfortable.
Extract from : « Isle o' Dreams » by Frederick F. Moore

The wind, with a prankish flurry, flapped the flying newspaper against the face of the skittish bay.
Extract from : « Whirligigs » by O. Henry

She was myself in miniature, and moreover the most witching, prankish, peppery elf that was ever made.
Extract from : « At Last » by Marion Harland

Synonyms for prankish

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