mischief

Definition of Mischief in English :

Noun

1. devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan

reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

2. balefulness, maleficence, mischief

the quality or nature of being harmful or evil

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mischief

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noun

1.

wayward but not malicious behaviour, usually of children, that causes trouble, irritation, etc

2.

a playful inclination to behave in this way or to tease or disturb

3.

injury or harm caused by a person or thing

4.

a person, esp a child, who is mischievous

5.

a source of trouble, difficulty, etc

floods are a great mischief to the farmer

Mischief

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noun

1.

harm, damage, or injury, esp. that done by a person

2.

a cause or source of harm, damage, or annoyance

; specif.,

a.

action or conduct that causes damage or trouble

b.

a person causing damage or annoyance

3.

a tendency or disposition to annoy or vex with playful tricks

4.

a.

a troublesome or annoying act; prank; playful, vexing trick

b.

playful, harmless teasing

Mischief

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n.

1. Behavior that causes annoyance or difficulty: tried to keep the kids from engaging in any mischief.

2.

a. Damage, destruction, or injury caused by a specific person or thing: the mischief done by a faulty gene.

b. Archaic A specific injury or harm done: "Instead of doing them a service, you meant to do them a mischief?" (Charles Dickens).

3. The inclination or tendency to play pranks or get into trouble: eyes that gleamed with mischief.

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