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English Dictionary: Mischievous by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Mischievous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mischievous
adj
  1. naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank"
    Synonym(s): arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wicked
  2. deliberately causing harm or damage; "mischievous rumors and falsehoods"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mischievous \Mis"chie*vous\, a.
      Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied
      where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a
      mischievous child. [bd]Most mischievous foul sin.[b8] --Shak.
  
               This false, wily, doubling disposition is intolerably
               mischievous to society.                           --South.
  
      Syn: Harmful; hurtful; detrimental; noxious; pernicious;
               destructive. -- {Mis"chie*vous*ly}, adv. --
               {Mis"chie*vous*ness}, n.
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