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 Definitions of mischievous  [ˈmɪs tʃə vəs]  

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Definition of 'mischievous' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) mischievous
maliciously or playfully annoying.

2.  mischievous
causing annoyance, harm, or trouble.

3.  mischievous
roguishly or slyly teasing, as a glance.

4.  mischievous
harmful; injurious.

Etymology:  (1300–50; ME mischevous < AF meschevous. See mischief , -ous)

Definition of 'mischievous' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked
naughtily or annoyingly playful
"teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank"

2. (adj) mischievous
deliberately causing harm or damage
"mischievous rumors and falsehoods"


Definition of 'mischievous' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) mischievous
having fun by playing tricks, making jokes, etc.
a mischievous little girl


Definition of 'mischievous' Webster Dictionary 

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


Translation of 'mischievous' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to cause trouble etc.
a mischievous child.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vol streke Arabic flag Arabic: مُؤْذٍ، مُضِر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: злонамерен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: travesso Czech flag Czech: nezbedný German flag German: boswillig
Danish flag Danish: drillesyg; uartig Greek flag Greek: σκανταλιάρης Spanish flag Spanish: travieso, pícaro
Estonian flag Estonian: ulakas, krutskeid täis Farsi flag Farsi: بد جنس Finnish flag Finnish: ilkikurinen
French flag French: espiègle Hebrew flag Hebrew: מַזִיק Hindi flag Hindi: शैतान
Croatian flag Croatian: štetan Hungarian flag Hungarian: csintalan Indonesian flag Indonesian: nakal
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hrekkjóttur; ódæll Italian flag Italian: birichino, dispettoso Japanese flag Japanese: いたずらに
Korean flag Korean: 짓궃은 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: iðdykæs, piktavalis Latvian flag Latvian: palaidnīgs; nerātns
Malay flag Malay: nakal Dutch flag Dutch: ondeugend Norwegian flag Norwegian: rampet, skøyeraktig
Polish flag Polish: psotny Persian flag Persian: بد جنس Pashto flag Pashto: بد جنسه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: maroto Romanian flag Romanian: neastâmpărat; răutăcios Russian flag Russian: озорной
Slovak flag Slovak: nezbedný Slovenian flag Slovenian: poreden Serbian flag Serbian: nestašan
Swedish flag Swedish: okynnig, rackar- Thai flag Thai: ซน Turkish flag Turkish: yaramaz
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 淘氣的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: неслухняний; шкідливий Urdu flag Urdu: فسادی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tinh quái Chinese flag Chinese: 淘气的

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