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Definition of Mischievous

1. Adjective. Naughtily or annoyingly playful. "A wicked prank"

2. Adjective. Deliberately causing harm or damage. "Mischievous rumors and falsehoods"

Definition of Mischievous

1. a. Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child.

Definition of Mischievous

1. Adjective. Causing mischief; injurious. ¹

2. Adjective. Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mischievous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mischievous

mischaracterizes mischaracterizing mischarge mischarged mischarges mischarging mischevious mischief mischief-maker mischief-making

mischiefful mischiefmaking mischiefs mischieve mischievious mischievous (current term) mischievously mischievousness mischivous mischmetal

mischmetals mischoice mischoices mischoose mischooses mischoosing mischose mischosen mischristen mischristened

Literary usage of Mischievous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1907)
"OF THK CONSEQUENCES OF A mischievous ACT. § I. Shapes in which the mischief of an act may show itself. I- HITHERTO we have been speaking of the various ..."

2. The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, Jenny H. Stickney (1898)
"... sought the repose we so greatly needed. And so ended the festival of our first anniversary on this unknown land. CHAPTER XXIII. THE mischievous MONKEY. ..."

3. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1899)
"Frederic Elliot— O'Connell's mischievous ... Stanley's Relations to them — Holland House Anecdotes —mischievous Effects of the Division on the Address—The ..."

4. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... judgment—mischievous effects thereof—Operations ot the Spanish armies after the ... counsels of the factious prelate and his mischievous coadjutors. ..."

5. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... the English cabinet—Account of the civil and military agents employed—Many ol" them act without judgment—mischievous effects thereof—Operations ol (he ..."

6. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"... of thought at this moment that it was no wonder a boy should be fascinated by this young witch—who, however, was more mischievous than could be desired. ..."

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