mischievous
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- naughty, impish, playful, puckish, rascally, roguish, sportive, troublesome, wayward
- malicious, damaging, destructive, evil, harmful, hurtful, spiteful, vicious, wicked

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Related Words: dangerous, hazardous, perilous, precarious, risky, annoying, bothering, bothersome, irking, irksome, vexatious, vexing, artful, foxy, insidious, sly, tricky

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mis‧chie‧vous /ˈmɪstʃəvəs, ˈmɪstʃɪvəs/ adjective

1. someone who is mischievous likes to have fun, especially by playing tricks on people or doing things to annoy or embarrass them:
Their sons are noisy and mischievous.
mischievous smile/look etc
Gabby looked at him with a mischievous grin.
There was a mischievous gleam in her eyes.

2. causing trouble or quarrels deliberately:
a mischievous remark
—mischievously adverb:
He grinned mischievously.
—mischievousness noun [uncountable]

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