Mischievous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Causing mischief.
  • adj. Playful in a naughty or teasing way.
  • adj. Troublesome; irritating: a mischievous prank.
  • adj. Causing harm, injury, or damage: mischievous rumors and falsehoods.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Causing mischief; injurious.
  • adj. Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Producing or tending to produce mischief or harm; injurious; deleterious; hurtful.
  • Fond of mischief; full of tricks; teasing or troublesome: as, a mischievous boy.
  • Synonyms Destructive, detrimental. See injury.
  • Roguish.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. deliberately causing harm or damage
  • adj. naughtily or annoyingly playful
  • Equivalent
    harmful    playful   
    Cross Reference
    harmful    injurious   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    harmful    detrimental    hurtful    pernicious    destructive    noxious    see    also    naughty    badly-behaved   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    wicked    malicious    sly    playful    perverse    pernicious    reckless    childish    destructive    impudent