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mis·chief  (mschf)

n.

1. Behavior that causes discomfiture or annoyance in another.

2. An inclination or tendency to play pranks or cause embarrassment.

3. One that causes minor trouble or disturbance: The child was a mischief in school.

4. Damage, destruction, or injury caused by a specific person or thing: The broken window was the mischief of vandals.

5. The state or quality of being mischievous.

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[Middle English mischef, from Old French meschief, misfortune, from meschever, to end badly : mes-, badly; see mis-¹ + chever, to happen, come to an end (from Vulgar Latin *capre, to come to a head, from *capum, head, from Latin caput; see kaput- in Indo-European roots).]

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mischief

Noun

1. annoying but not malicious behaviour that causes trouble or irritation

2. an inclination to tease

3. injury or harm caused by a person or thing [Old French meschief, from mes- mis- + chef end]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mischief - reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others devilment, mischief-making, roguery, shenanigan, roguishness, devilry, deviltry, mischievousness, 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
	2.	mischief - the quality or nature of being harmful or evil balefulness, maleficence evilness, evil - the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"

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mischief

noun 1. misbehaviour, trouble, naughtiness, pranks, shenanigans (informal) monkey business (informal) waywardness, devilment, impishness, roguishness, roguery

noun 2. harm, trouble, damage, injury, hurt, evil, disadvantage, disruption, misfortune, detriment

Translations

mischief [ˈmɪstʃɪf] n (= naughtiness) → travesura (= harm); mal m; daño (= maliciousness); malicia

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mischief [ˈmɪstʃɪf] n (= naughtiness) → sottises fpl (= fun); farce f (= playfulness); espièglerie f (= harm); mal m, dommage m (= maliciousness); méchanceté f

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mischief [ˈmɪstʃɪf] n (bad behaviour) → Unfug m;

(playfulness) → Verschmitztheit f;

(harm) → Schaden m;

(pranks) → Streiche pl;

to get into mischief → etwas anstellen;

to do sb a mischief → jdm etwas antun

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mischief [ˈmɪstʃɪf] n (= naughtiness) → birichineria (= harm); male m; danno (= maliciousness); malizia

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mischief

n mischief [ˈmistʃif]

1 action or behaviour (especially of children) that causes small troubles or annoyance to others That boy is always up to some mischief. kattekwaad ضَرَر، أذى пакост neplecha, uličnictví ballade der Unfug αταξία, σκανταλιά travesura, diablura koerus شیطنت kepponen sottise תַעֲלוּלִים, שוֹבבוּת शैतानी nedaća csíny kenakalan hrekkur guaio, birichinata いたずら 장난 išdaiga, piktas pokštas palaidnība; nedarbs kenakalan ondeugendheid rampestrek, spillopper psota, figiel maroteira poznă; trăsnaie шалость neplecha vragolija nestašluk ofog, rackartyg การก่อกวน yaramazlık, şeytanlık 搗蛋 шкода, збиток شرارت trò tinh quái 捣蛋

2 evil, damage or harm. onheil شَر، سوء зло škoda, spoušť fortræd; skade das Unheil ζημιά, βλάβη daño, mal kahju اذیت vahinko tort, dommage נֶזֶק, חַבָּלָה नुकसान zlo kár kerusakan mein danno 害 해악, 악영향, 폐 piktadarybė ļaunums; postījums kerosakan onheil stor skade, ugagn szkoda maldade pagubă зло; вред škoda, spúšť škoda smutnja ont, skada, förtret ความเสียหาย kötülük; hasar, ziyan 傷害 зло, лихо فساد điều ác; sự tổn hại 伤害

make mischief

to cause trouble etc. rus verstoor يوقِعُ خلافا، يُسَبِّبُ المتاعب правя пакости způsobit potíže/škodu lave ballade Zwietracht säen άτακτος crear problemas pahandust tegema اذیت کردن aiheuttaa vahinkoa créer des ennuis לְחַבֵּל झगड़ा करवाना stvarati razdor viszályt szít membuat ke-sulitan vera til vandræða (fare danni) いたずら好きな 문제를 일으키다, 말썽이 생기게 하다 drumsti ramybę sagādāt nepatikšanas menyebabkan masalah onheil stichten gjøre ugagn, lage bråk psocić fazer tolices a face probleme вредить; сеять раздор spôsobiť ťažkosti delati škodo učiniti nestašluk göra rackartyg ทำให้ยุ่งยาก dert çıkarmak 挑撥離間 шкодити پریشانی کھڑی کرنا gây khó khăn 挑拨离间

adj mischievous [-vəs]

a mischievous child. vol streke مُؤْذٍ، مُضِر злонамерен nezbedný drillesyg; uartig boswillig σκανταλιάρης travieso, pícaro ulakas, krutskeid täis بد جنس pahankurinen espiègle מַזִיק शैतान štetan csintalan nakal hrekkjóttur; ódæll birichino, dispettoso いたずらに 장난기가 심한, 해로운 iðdykæs, piktavalis palaidnīgs; nerātns nakal ondeugend rampet, skøyeraktig psotny maroto neastâmpărat; răutăcios озорной nezbedný poreden nestašan okynnig, rackar- ซน yaramaz 淘氣的 неслухняний; шкідливий فسادی tinh quái 淘气的

adv mischievously

ondeund بأذى، بصورةٍ مُضِرَّه злонамерено zlomyslně drillesygt boswillig σκανταλιάρικα maliciosamente ulakalt بد جنسی ilkikurisesti malicieusement בְּרִשעוּת शैतानी के साथ raspušteno pajkosan; gonosz módon dengan nakal stríðnislega maliziosamente 騒ぎをおこす 장난스럽게 išdykėliškai, piktai palaidnīgi; nerātni dengan cara yang nakal ondeugend skjelmsk, ertelystent figlarnie, złośliwie com marotice răutăcios; cu rău­tate озорно nezbedne poredno nestašno okynnigt อย่างเป็นภัย yaramazca 惡作劇地 неслухняно شوخی کے ساتھ một cách tinh quái 恶作剧地