mischievousness

mis·chie·vous

 (mĭs′chə-vəs)

adj.

1. Causing mischief.

2. Playful in a naughty or teasing way.

3. Troublesome; irritating: a mischievous prank.

4. Causing harm, injury, or damage: mischievous rumors and falsehoods.

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[Middle English mischevous, from mischef, mischief; see mischief.]

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mis′chie·vous·ly adv.

mis′chie·vous·ness n.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mischievousness - an attribute of mischievous children naughtiness, badness disobedience - the trait of being unwilling to obey prankishness, rascality, roguishness - the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks
	2.	mischievousness - the trait of behaving like an imp   impishness, puckishness, whimsicality playfulness, fun - a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement; "her playfulness surprised me"; "he was fun to be with"
	3.	mischievousness - reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others devilment, mischief, mischief-making, roguery, shenanigan, roguishness, devilry, deviltry, rascality misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed - improper or wicked or immoral behavior blaze, hell - noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes" monkey business - mischievous or deceitful behavior hooliganism, malicious mischief, vandalism - willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others

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mischievousness

noun

Annoying yet harmless, usually playful acts:

devilry, deviltry, diablerie, high jinks, impishness, mischief, prankishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, tomfoolery.

Informal: shenanigan (often used in plural).

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Translations

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mischievousness

[ˈmɪstʃɪvəsnɪs] N → travesuras fpl

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mischievousness

n (= roguery) → Verschmitztheit f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

mischievousness

[ˈmɪstʃɪvəsnɪs] n (roguishness) → maliziosità f inv; (naughtiness) → birbanteria

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