Definitions for: Mischievous


[adj] badly behaved; "he was saucy and mischievous in school"; "a naughty boy"
[adj] deliberately causing harm or damage; "mischievous rumors and falsehoods"
[adj] naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"



Webster (1913) Definition: Mis"chie*vous, a.
Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied
where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a
mischievous child. ``Most mischievous foul sin.'' --Shak.

This false, wily, doubling disposition is intolerably
mischievous to society. --South.

Syn: Harmful; hurtful; detrimental; noxious; pernicious;
destructive. -- Mis"chie*vous*ly, adv. --
Mis"chie*vous*ness, n.

Synonyms: bad, harmful, impish, implike, naughty, pixilated, playful, prankish, puckish

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