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Mischievous

//ˈmɪs.t͡ʃɪ.vəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing mischief; injurious.

    "...; that good and bad actions at present are naturally rewarded and punished, not only as beneficial and mischievous to society, but also as virtuous and civious; ..."

  2. 2
    Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved, impish, naughty, disobedient; showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way and liking to have fun by playing harmless tricks on people or doing things they are not supposed to do.

    "Matthew had a twin brother called Edward, who was always mischievous and badly behaved."

Adjective
  1. 1
    deliberately causing harm or damage wordnet
  2. 2
    naughtily or annoyingly playful wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English myschevous, mischevous, from Anglo-Norman meschevous, from Old French meschever, from mes- (“mis-”) + chever (“come to an end”) (from chef (“head”)). By surface analysis, mischief + -ous.

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