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1. (n.) mischief
conduct or activity that causes petty annoyance.
2. mischief
a tendency to tease or annoy.
3. mischief
harm or trouble:
to come to mischief.
4. mischief
an injury or evil caused by a person or thing.
5. mischief
a cause or source of harm, evil, or annoyance.
Etymology: (1250–1300; < OF, n. der. of meschever to end badly. See mis -1, achieve)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan
reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
2. (noun) maleficence, mischief, balefulness
the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
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1. (noun) mischief
behavior such as playing tricks and making jokes for fun
Don't get into any mischief.
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| Definition of 'Mischief' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Mischief
harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by thoughtlessness, or in sport
2. (noun) Mischief
cause of trouble or vexation; trouble
3. (verb) Mischief
to do harm to
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Sense: action or behaviour (especially of children) that causes small troubles or annoyance to others
That boy is always up to some mischief.
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 Afrikaans: kattekwaad |
 Arabic: ضَرَر، أذى |
 Bulgarian: пакост |
 Brazilian: travessura |
 Czech: neplecha, uličnictví |
 German: der Unfug |
 Danish: ballade |
 Greek: αταξία, σκανταλιά |
 Spanish: travesura, diablura |
 Estonian: koerus |
 Farsi: شیطنت |
 Finnish: jäynä |
 French: sottise |
 Hebrew: תַעֲלוּלִים, שוֹבבוּת |
 Hindi: शैतानी |
 Croatian: nedaća |
 Hungarian: csíny |
 Indonesian: kenakalan |
 Icelandic: hrekkur |
 Italian: guaio, birichinata |
 Japanese: いたずら |
 Korean: 장난 |
 Lithuanian: išdaiga, piktas pokštas |
 Latvian: palaidnība; nedarbs |
 Malay: kenakalan |
 Dutch: ondeugendheid |
 Norwegian: rampestrek, spillopper |
 Polish: psota, figiel |
 Persian: شرارت، شیطنت |
 Pashto: شيطانت |
 Portuguese: maroteira |
 Romanian: poznă; trăsnaie |
 Russian: шалость |
 Slovak: neplecha |
 Slovenian: vragolija |
 Serbian: nestašluk |
 Swedish: ofog, rackartyg |
 Thai: การก่อกวน |
 Turkish: yaramazlık, şeytanlık |
 Taiwanese: 惡作劇(尤指小孩子的) |
 Ukrainian: шкода, збиток |
 Urdu: شرارت |
 Vietnamese: trò tinh quái |
 Chinese: 捣蛋 |
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