Synonyms for impishness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : im-pish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪm pɪʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for impishness Other synonyms for the word impishness
- diablerie
- dirty trick
- funny business
- harm
- high jinks
- hurt
- ill
- injury
- misbehavior
- mischievousness
- misconduct
- misdoing
- misfortune
- monkey business
- naughtiness
- outrage
- playfulness
- prank
- prankishness
- rascality
- roguery
- roguishness
- sabotage
- shenanigans
- sportiveness
- tomfoolery
- transgression
- vandalism
- waggery
- waggishness
- waywardness
- wrong
- wrongdoing
Définition of impishness
Origin :- 1650s, from imp + -ish. Related: Impishly; impishness.
- noun mischief
- 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
Antonyms for impishness
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