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mischievousness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mischievous  \Mis"chie*vous\,  a. 
  Causing  mischief;  harmful;  hurtful;  --  now  often  applied 
  where  the  evil  is  done  carelessly  or  in  sport;  as  a 
  mischievous  child.  ``Most  mischievous  foul  sin.''  --Shak. 
 
  This  false,  wily,  doubling  disposition  is  intolerably 
  mischievous  to  society.  --South. 
 
  Syn:  Harmful;  hurtful;  detrimental;  noxious;  pernicious; 
  destructive.  --  {Mis"chie*vous*ly},  adv  -- 
  {Mis"chie*vous*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mischievousness 
  n  1:  an  attribute  of  mischievous  children  [syn:  {naughtiness},  {badness}] 
  2:  the  trait  of  behaving  like  an  imp  [syn:  {impishness},  {puckishness}, 
  {whimsicality}] 
  3:  reckless  or  malicious  behavior  that  causes  discomfort  or 
  annoyance  in  others  [syn:  {mischief},  {mischief-making},  {deviltry}, 
  {devilry},  {devilment},  {rascality},  {roguery},  {roguishness}, 
  {shenanigan}]




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