mischief
/ˈmɪs.t͡ʃɪf/noun2 syllables
Mischief means: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.
Synonyms for mischief26
noun, as in reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan
noun, as in the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
maleficence, balefulness
also used for mischief
delinquency, naughtiness, scampishness, atrociousness, awfulness, badness, corruption, corruptness, criminality, agitation, annoyance, damage, demolition, destruction, detriment
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What does mischief mean?2
noun
1
reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
2
the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Mischief in a sentence
- The little boy got into mischief when he was left alone.CK
- I like the child all the better for his mischief.unknown
- Too much mischief is dangerous to your neck.Miktsoanit
- Alcohol has done great mischief to his body.unknown
- This chair is doing my back a mischief.sundown
- You snicker like a little rascal who's just cooked up some mischief.menaud
- Children are always doing some mischief or other.unknown
- We stopped the child from getting into mischief.CK
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Forms of mischief
as a noun
- plural
- mischiefs