It is true the boy is mischievous, but he is kind at heart.
Source: tatoeba (36248)
Mischievous
//ˈmɪs.t͡ʃɪ.vəs//
Synonyms for "mischievous" (125 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (62)
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Synonyms
3 entriesderived
3 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
162 translations across 33 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- ondeund adj (causing mischief)
- stout adj (naughty)
Arabic
3 entries- الْمُؤْذِي adj (naughty)
- شِرِّير adj (naughty)
- مُؤْذٍ adj (naughty)
Bulgarian
3 entries- злонамерен adj (naughty)
- непослушен adj (causing mischief)
- пакостлив adj (causing mischief)
Catalan
2 entries- entremaliat adj (causing mischief)
- entremaliat adj (naughty)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 有害 adj (causing mischief)
- 淘氣 /淘气 adj (naughty)
- 調皮 /调皮 adj (naughty)
- 頑皮 /顽皮 adj (naughty)
Danish
2 entries- fræk adj (causing mischief)
- fræk adj (naughty)
Dutch
4 entries- beledigend adj (causing mischief)
- gemeen adj (naughty)
- kwetsend adj (causing mischief)
- stout adj (naughty)
Esperanto
3 entries- petolema adj (causing mischief)
- petolema adj (naughty)
- ŝercema adj (naughty)
Estonian
3 entries- häbematu adj (naughty)
- sõnakuulmatu adj (naughty)
- ulakas adj (naughty)
Finnish
4 entries- haitallinen adj (causing mischief)
- ilkeä adj (naughty)
- ilkikurinen adj (naughty)
- pahanilkinen adj (naughty)
French
4 entries- coquin adj (naughty)
- espiègle adj (causing mischief)
- espiègle adj (naughty)
- malicieux adj (naughty)
Galician
4 entries- abol adj (naughty)
- adecán adj (causing mischief)
- adecán adj (naughty)
- bergante adj (causing mischief)
Georgian
1 entries- მავნე adj (causing mischief)
German
4 entries- boshaft adj (causing mischief)
- dreist adj (naughty)
- frech adj (naughty)
- schelmisch adj (naughty)
Hindi
1 entries- बदमाश adj (naughty)
Hungarian
4 entries- betyár adj (naughty)
- csibész adj (naughty)
- csintalan adj (naughty)
- huncut adj (naughty)
Irish
3 entries- anmhailíseach adj (causing mischief)
- anmhailíseach adj (naughty)
- toirmeascach adj (causing mischief)
Italian
4 entries- attaccabrighe adj (causing mischief)
- birichino adj (naughty)
- casinista adj (causing mischief)
- furbetto adj (naughty)
Japanese
4 entries- いたずらな adj (naughty)
- やんちゃな adj (naughty)
- わんぱくな adj (naughty)
- 行儀が悪い adj (naughty)
Korean
1 entries- 장난꾸러기의 adj (naughty)
Lithuanian
1 entries- išdaigus adj (causing mischief)
Māori
4 entries- amionga adj (causing mischief)
- hanariki adj (naughty)
- hīanga adj (naughty)
- porohīanga adj (causing mischief)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- destmatî adj (naughty)
- neqet adj (naughty)
- venehewiyayî adj (naughty)
- zererder adj (causing mischief)
Polish
4 entries- figlarny adj (naughty)
- psotny adj (naughty)
- szelmowski adj (naughty)
- szkodliwy adj (causing mischief)
Portuguese
4 entries- bagunceiro adj (causing mischief)
- levado adj (naughty)
- sapeca adj (causing mischief)
- travesso adj (naughty)
Romanian
4 entries- obraznic adj (naughty)
- rău adj (causing mischief)
- răutăcios adj (naughty)
- răuvoitor adj (naughty)
Russian
4 entries- непослу́шный adj (naughty)
- озорно́й adj (naughty)
- пакостный adj (causing mischief)
- шаловли́вый adj (naughty)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nevàljao adj (naughty)
- нева̀љао adj (naughty)
Spanish
3 entries- pícaro adj (causing mischief)
- travieso adj (causing mischief)
- travieso adj (naughty)
Swedish
1 entries- busig adj (causing mischief)
Turkish
4 entries- afacan adj (naughty)
- bacaksız adj (causing mischief)
- bacaksız adj (naughty)
- haylaz adj (naughty)
Ukrainian
2 entries- бешке́тний adj (naughty)
- пустотли́вий adj (naughty)
Yiddish
2 entries- שטיפֿעריש adj (causing mischief)
- שטיפֿעריש adj (naughty)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Keep an eye on the boys. They're mischievous.
Source: tatoeba (268070)
He likes to be mischievous.
Source: tatoeba (289009)
He was as mischievous as any boy in the class.
Source: tatoeba (289735)
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