mischievous

mis·chie·vous  (msch-vs)

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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mischie·vous·ly adv.

mischie·vous·ness n.

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mischievous [miss-chiv-uss]

Adjective

1. full of mischief

2. teasing; slightly malicious

3. intended to cause harm: a purveyor of mischievous disinformation

mischievously adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	mischievous - naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank" impish, implike, pixilated, prankish, puckish, arch, wicked playful - full of fun and high spirits; "playful children just let loose from school"
	2.	mischievous - deliberately causing harm or damage; "mischievous rumors and falsehoods" harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"

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mischievous

adjective 1. naughty, bad, troublesome, wayward, exasperating, playful, rascally, impish, roguish, vexatious, puckish, frolicsome, arch, ludic (literary) sportive, badly behaved

adjective 2. malicious, damaging, vicious, destructive, harmful, troublesome, malignant, detrimental, hurtful, pernicious, spiteful, deleterious, injurious

Translations

mischievous [ˈmɪstʃɪvəs] adj → travieso; dañino (= playful); malicioso

mischievous [ˈmɪstʃɪvəs] mischief adj (= playful, naughty) → coquin(e) → espiègle (= harmful); méchant(e)

mischievous [ˈmɪstʃɪvəs] mischief adj (naughty) → ungezogen;

(playful) → verschmitzt

mischievous [ˈmɪstʃɪvəs] adj (= naughty) → birichino/a (= harmful); dannoso/a